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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

to begin with en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Initially, at first, at the very start.
    • To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.
  2. (not-comparable) In the first place.
    • Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!

Synonyms

initially (at the very start) · at first · to start with · to start with

Translations (13)

fi alun alkujaankaan (in the first place) · sv inledningsvis (initially) · ru для начала (initially) · sh na početku (in the first place) · ta முதலில் (in the first place) · sh za početak (initially) · sh za početak (in the first place) · sv till att börja med (initially) · tr başta olmak üzere (initially) · sv till att börja med (in the first place) · fi ensinnäkään (in the first place) · tr en başından (initially) · ta முதலில் (initially)