first step
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1.4
- noun
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primer paso
- The first step to colonizing the galaxy.
- take the first step
- first step in process
- first step toward understanding
Think about how they took their first step just like me.
- Think about how they took their first step just like me.
- It's our collective first step on the moon.
- Like let's let's go through the first steps to building wealth.
- Then maybe this is your first step on the path to God.
- Dare to take the first step, Be the change.
- So Are you ready to take the first steps toward straighter teeth?
- So F prime of X is your first step, F prime of X.
- What were what was your first step to fixing it?
- So identity crisis is the first step towards that dark path.
- Knowledge is the first step in building skill.
- It's just the starting it, the first step is the hardest to take.
- Is this one of the first steps to terraforming Mars?
- And I think that's the really good first step to connecting with ourselves.
- If you like, transcription is the first step in the information transfer.
- I think today actually I'm taking the first step to achieving this wish.
- So the first step is what are you trying to do?
Examples
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The process lasts a year and is considered the first step toward full membership.
Academic text (2011) -
Program development and testing, however, is only the first step in the innovation process of public education.
Academic text (2011) -
Then maybe this is your first step on the path to God.
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It's the first step to a future of my own making.
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Such knowledge is, in effect, a first step in the whole process of nation building.
Academic text (1990) -
Knowledge is the first step in building skill.
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Even more importantly, make today be your first step, not your last.
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So this is the first step, cleaning up the equation.
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Admitting you have a problem is the first step.
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Taking the first step towards your goals can be the most important part of the journey.
Synonyms
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1.0
An action taken as one stage in a process
∞
1.0
The time or place when something begins
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1.0
The first part that marks the start of something, for example a ceremony
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3.0
A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action
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4.2
The first action that starts a series of events
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4.7
The act of beginning something such as a project
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3.9
The first action someone takes at the start of a game or negotiation
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the initial action or stage' is directly and compositionally derived from 'first' (preceding all others) modifying 'step' (a discrete action or phase). This ADJ+N pattern is a standard, cross-linguistically common way to mark the initial stage, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
First step uses the clear image of taking the very first step when you begin to walk or move forward. Because that small action starts the whole journey, the phrase now means the 'initial action' or stage you must take to get started.