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Definition of First step
1. Noun. The first of a series of actions.
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, Start
Specialized synonyms: Curtain Raiser, First Base, Peace Initiative
Derivative terms: Open, Open, Open, Opening
Lexicographical Neighbors of First Step
Literary usage of First step
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... the gravity with which the first step is taken in the actual creation of the
State, namely, the sending; out of the city all who had arrived at ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... with respect to the objection, that the claim was not preferred in the first
instance ; that the return of the writ is the first step upon the record, ..."
3. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori, Henry Wyman Holmes (1912)
"... The " Children's House " marks still another triumph ; it is the first step
toward the socialisation of the house. The inmates find under their own roof ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The first step in the preparation of such a catalogue must consist in the sifting
of the various published reports and papers containing the data desired. ..."
5. Mind (1902)
"THE first step. BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. The firbt step toward a true civilization
is to teach woman self-respect; to demand justice, liberty, ..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The first step toward the reunion of the " Old School " and " New School " was
taken in 1862, by the establishment of fraternal correspondence between the ..."
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