Synonyms: first, first base
Definition: 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)
Similar words: position
Definition: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Usage: what position does he play?
Synonyms: first, first gear, low, low gear
Definition: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Similar words: gear, gear mechanism
Definition: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Synonyms: first, first-class honours degree
Definition: an honours degree of the highest class
Similar words: honours, honours degree
Definition: a university degree with honors
Synonyms: number 1, number one, first
Definition: the first element in a countable series
Usage: the first of the month
Similar words: ordinal, ordinal number, no.
Definition: the number designating place in an ordered sequence
Synonyms: number one, first
Definition: the first or highest in an ordering or series
Usage: He wanted to be the first
Similar words: rank
Definition: relative status
Usage: his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
Synonyms: start, starting time, showtime, beginning, get-go, outset, offset, commencement, kickoff, first
Definition: the time at which something is supposed to begin
Usage: they got an early start; she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Similar words: point, point in time
Definition: an instant of time
Usage: at that point I had to leave
Synonyms: world-class, first, foremost
Definition: ranking above all others
Usage: was first in her class; the foremost figure among marine artists; the top graduate
Similar words: best
Definition: (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
Usage: the best film of the year; the best solution; the best time for planting; wore his best suit
Definition: serving to begin
Usage: the beginning canto of the poem; the first verse
Similar words: opening
Definition: first or beginning
Usage: the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth; the play's opening scene
Synonyms: first, maiden, initiative, initiatory, inaugural
Definition: serving to set in motion
Usage: the magazine's inaugural issue; the initiative phase in the negotiations; an initiatory step toward a treaty; his first (or maiden) speech in Congress; the liner's maiden voyage
Similar words: opening
Definition: first or beginning
Usage: the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth; the play's opening scene
Synonyms: first
Definition: preceding all others in time or space or degree
Usage: the first house on the right; the first day of spring; his first political race; her first baby; the first time; the first meetings of the new party; the first phase of his training
Similar words: archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical
Definition: representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Usage: archetypal patterns; she was the prototypal student activist
Similar words: basic, introductory
Definition: serving as a base or starting point
Usage: a basic course in Russian; basic training for raw recruits; a set of basic tools; an introductory art course
Similar words: initial
Definition: occurring at the beginning
Usage: took the initial step toward reconciliation
Similar words: firstborn, eldest
Definition: first in order of birth
Usage: the firstborn child
Similar words: first-year, freshman
Definition: used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
Usage: a freshman senator; freshman year in high school or college
Similar words: original
Definition: preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
Usage: the original inhabitants of the Americas; the book still has its original binding; restored the house to its original condition; the original performance of the opera; the original cast; retracted his original statement
Similar words: premier, premiere
Definition: preceding all others in time
Usage: the premiere showing
Definition: first in rank or degree
Usage: an architect of premier rank; the prime minister
Similar words: prime
Definition: used of the first or originating agent
Usage: prime mover
Definition: indicating the beginning unit in a series
Similar words: ordinal
Definition: being or denoting a numerical order in a series
Usage: ordinal numbers; held an ordinal rank of seventh