"first base" meaning in English

See first base in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-first base.wav Forms: first bases [plural]
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  1. (singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. Tags: countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable Categories (topical): Baseball, Sports areas Hypernyms: base Derived forms: first baseman, first basing Related terms: second base, third base, home run, score Translations (baseball: base after home plate): primera base [feminine] (Catalan), 一壘 /一垒 (yīlěi) (Chinese Mandarin), ykköspesä (Finnish), ykkönen (Finnish), premier but [masculine] (French), première base [feminine] (French), 一塁 (ichirui) (Japanese), ファースト (fāsuto) (Japanese), 1루 (illu) (Korean), 퍼스트 (peoseuteu) (Korean), пе́рвая ба́за (pérvaja báza) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-first_base-en-noun-BZR4r7qt Disambiguation of Sports areas: 34 18 22 25 Categories (other): English singularia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 26 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 14 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 14 34 30 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball: base after home plate': 91 3 2 4
  2. (singular only, by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity. Tags: broadly, countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable
    Sense id: en-first_base-en-noun-QycRFihs Categories (other): English singularia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 26 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 14 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 14 34 30
  3. (singular only, US, colloquial) Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship. Tags: US, colloquial, countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable
    Sense id: en-first_base-en-noun-PZezzk-X Categories (other): American English, English singularia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 26 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 14 34 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 14 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 14 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 14 45 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 14 42 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 17 39 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 18 37 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 14 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 16 42 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 18 38 23
  4. (blackjack) The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-first_base-en-noun-0bCS3imx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 26 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 14 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 14 34 30 Topics: blackjack, games

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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