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first base
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun first base has 3 senses
- first base(n = noun.artifact) Array - the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball; Array is a kind of bag, base
- first base(n = noun.act) first - 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); Array is a kind of position
- first base(n = noun.act) Array - the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get to first base with that approach" is a kind of first step, initiative, opening, opening move
is a member of baseball team
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