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Definition of First Base

adjective
1.
being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
2.
Music. highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class:
first alto; first horn.
3.
Automotive. low1 (def 31).
4.
(often initial capital letter) being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the U.S. or of the governor of a state:
the First Lady; Checkers, the first dog.
adverb
5.
before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.
6.
before some other thing, event, etc.:
If you're going, phone first.
7.
for the first time:
She first visited Atlanta in 1980.
8.
in preference to something else; rather; sooner:
I'd die first.
9.
in the first place; firstly.
noun
10.
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
11.
the beginning.
12.
the first part; first member of a series.
13.
Music.
  1. the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus.
  2. a leader of a part or group of performers.
14.
Automotive. low gear; first gear:
She shifted into first and drove off.
15.
the winning position or rank in a race or other competition.
16.
Baseball. first base.
17.
Usually, firsts. Commerce.
  1. a product or goods of the first or highest quality.
  2. goods produced according to specifications, without visible flaws.
Compare second1 (def 23), third (def 12).
18.
British University.
  1. first-class honors.
    Compare class (def 18).
  2. a person who has won such honors.
Idioms
19.
first and last, everything considered; above all else; altogether:
First and last, it is important to know oneself.
20.
first off, Informal. at the outset; immediately:
He wanted to know first off why he hadn't been notified.
21.
first thing, before anything else; at once; promptly:
I'll call you first thing when I arrive.

First Base Example in a sentance

Example Sentences for first

You may be almost the first girl to apply, or you may be among the latest, but not the too latest.

I went for him but I missed him, partly no doubt because it was really at first the Captain I was after.

I should not be surprised if I were to recognize him the first time I met him face to face.

From the first day I came upon you in the old library, we belonged to each other.

She would have recovered her first surprise, and might feel easier with him.

The first three days of the investigation were to be devoted to inspecting the dam.

It was there and then this fatal epidemic first appeared in the United States.

It was his first word with Pen since the walk to Wind Ridge.

It was not at first that John could attend to him, and when he was able to do so he began to rattle on about his own affairs.

Restoration of true Religion and Government on their first principle, v.285.

History of First Base

Word Origin & History

first O.E. fyrst "foremost," superlative of fore; from P.Gmc. *furisto (cf. O.H.G. furist, O.N. fyrstr, Dan. første, O.Fris. fersta, M.Du. vorste "first," Ger. Fürst "prince"), superlative of *fur-/*for-, from PIE *pro- (cf. Skt. pura "before, formerly;" see pro-). First-class (1858) "is from the universities via the railways" [Weekley]; first-rate (1660s) is from classes of warships in the British navy. First aid is that given at the scene, pending the arrival of a doctor; firsthand (also first-hand, first hand) is attested from 1690s. First Lady as an informal title for the wife of ...a U.S. president was in use by 1908, short for First lady of the land.

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