first-string

[ furst-string ]

/ ˈfɜrstˈstrɪŋ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR first-string ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.

foremost; main: the first-string critics.

Origin of first-string

First recorded in 1915–20

OTHER WORDS FROM first-string

first-stringer, noun

Words nearby first-string

first school, First Secretary, first sergeant, First State, first strike, first-string, first-termer, first thing, first things first, first-time, first-timer

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Example sentences from the Web for first-string

On Tuesday the first-string 'varsity men were back at work, with the exception of Benson, whose ankle was in pretty bad condition.
Left End Edwards|Ralph Henry Barbour
With three first-string pitchers like Lefty and Jones and Savage, the team would have a fighting chance.
Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager|Burt L. Standish
She had replaced many of her first-string men, but her captain was still in and so was the quarter-back who had started.
Quarter-Back Bates|Ralph Henry Barbour
There was no scrimmage until the first-string men had trotted off the field.
Left End Edwards|Ralph Henry Barbour

On Friday there was only signal work for the subs, but the first-string players and the second held scrimmage as usual.
Center Rush Rowland|Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for first-string

first string

noun

the top player of a team in an individual sport, such as squash

adjective first-string

being a regular member of a team rather than a substitute or reserve

being the top player of a team in an individual sport

of high rating; first-class

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	first-string
释义	first-string [ furst-string ] / ˈfɜrstˈstrɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR first-string ON THESAURUS.COM adjective composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team. foremost; main: the first-string critics. Origin of first-string First recorded in 1915–20 OTHER WORDS FROM first-string first-stringer, noun Words nearby first-string first school, First Secretary, first sergeant, First State, first strike, first-string, first-termer, first thing, first things first, first-time, first-timer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for first-string On Tuesday the first-string 'varsity men were back at work, with the exception of Benson, whose ankle was in pretty bad condition. Left End Edwards\|Ralph Henry Barbour With three first-string pitchers like Lefty and Jones and Savage, the team would have a fighting chance. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager\|Burt L. Standish She had replaced many of her first-string men, but her captain was still in and so was the quarter-back who had started. Quarter-Back Bates\|Ralph Henry Barbour There was no scrimmage until the first-string men had trotted off the field. Left End Edwards\|Ralph Henry Barbour On Friday there was only signal work for the subs, but the first-string players and the second held scrimmage as usual. Center Rush Rowland\|Ralph Henry Barbour British Dictionary definitions for first-string first string noun the top player of a team in an individual sport, such as squash adjective first-string being a regular member of a team rather than a substitute or reserve being the top player of a team in an individual sport of high rating; first-class Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to first-string first-rate, remarkable, exceptional, admirable, good, superhuman, preferable, beautiful, outstanding, magnificent, elegant, subtle, refined, expensive, superior, handsome, fashionable, striking, attractive, lovely
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