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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

in the first instance en · ADP

Meanings

  1. As the first step or stage; first.
    • Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog. 1959 March 14, “New Railways in Quebec”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:

Translations (7)

nl in eerste instantie (as the first step) · it in prima battuta (as the first step) · fr en premier lieu (as the first step) · de in erster Instanz (as the first step) · uk у пе́ршу че́ргу (as the first step) · uk в пе́ршу че́ргу (as the first step) · ru в пе́рвую о́чередь (as the first step)