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First base

noun

The base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball.

The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate). Synonym: first.

The initial stage in accomplishing something.

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"First base" Quotes from Famous Books

... Dr. Manelli sharply, as he turned away from the sleeping figure on the bed to face the older man. "Of all the ridiculous things, to let him connect you with this!" The young doctor turned abruptly and sank down in a chair, glowering at Dr. Webber. "You haven't gotten to first base yet, but you've just given Scott enough evidence to free himself from integrator control altogether, if he gives it any thought. But I suppose you ...

— The Dark Door • Alan Edward Nourse

... at the training grounds. We played six innings, and Mr. Halpin was kind enough to let us have a pitcher and catcher from his men. The score was 9 to 3, and it could just as well been 9 to 0, perhaps. Well, at any rate, it was the first Base Ball game, as far as I know, that ever took place in Europe between an American team and a European ...

— Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 • John B. Foster

Words linked to "First base" : bag, position, initiative, first step, base, opening, baseball team, opening move