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first string

first string noun: the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on).

Noun

first string (uncountable)

  1. the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)
    • I played first string in the last quarter of the game.
  2. the first violinist in an orchestra.

Words formed from first string

Questions about first string

What does first string mean?
First string means the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on).
What part of speech is first string?
First string is a noun.

Words near first string in the dictionary

  1. First Sons
  2. First Spouse
  3. First State
  4. first strike
  5. first strikes
  6. first string
  7. first success distribution
  8. first team
  9. first teams
  10. first thing
  11. first thing's first

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