first base
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball
Types & categories
- bag hypernym
Sense 2 noun
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)
Types & categories
- position hypernym
Parts & wholes
- baseball team member holonym
Sense 3 noun
the initial stage in accomplishing something
we didn't get to first base with that approach
Types & categories
- first step hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bag |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | baseball team |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | position |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | first step |