"first base" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first bases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} first base (countable and uncountable, plural first bases)
  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 basing Related terms: second base, third base, home run, score Translations (baseball: base after home plate): primera base [feminine] (Catalan), 一壘 (Chinese Mandarin), 一垒 (yīlěi) (Chinese Mandarin), ykköspesä (Finnish), ykkönen (Finnish), premier but [masculine] (French), première base [feminine] (French), 一塁 (ichirui) (Japanese), 일루 (illu) (Korean), пе́рвая ба́за (pérvaja báza) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-first_base-en-noun-BZR4r7qt Disambiguation of Sports areas: 56 12 10 22 Categories (other): English singularia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 12 18 19 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball: base after home plate': 84 5 4 7
  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
  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
  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 Topics: blackjack, games

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