"first of all" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-first of all.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} first of all (not comparable)
  1. (sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, sequence Synonyms: first, firstly, first up Translations (before anything else): أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan) (Arabic), قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ (qabla kulli šayʔin) (Arabic), ntãnj (Aromanian), ntãnjiu (Aromanian), иң тәүҙә (iñ təwźə) (Bashkir), иң башта (iñ başta) (Bashkir), беренсенән (berensenən) (note: in enumeration) (Bashkir), перш за ўсё (pjerš za ŭsjo) (Belarusian), 首先 (shǒuxiān) (Chinese Mandarin), er şeyden evel (Crimean Tatar), eñ evelâ (Crimean Tatar), in de eerste plaats (Dutch), bovenal (Dutch), om te beginnen (Dutch), ten eerste (Dutch), ensiksi (Finnish), ennen muuta (Finnish), tout d’abord (French), en premier lieu (French), avant toutes choses (French), zunächst (German), zuallererst (German), 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼 (in frumistjam) (Gothic), πρώτα απ' όλα (próta ap' óla) (Greek), elsősorban (Hungarian), mindenekelőtt (Hungarian), enstää (Ingrian), ensti (Ingrian), ensiks (Ingrian), innanzitutto (Italian), prima di tutto (Italian), per prima cosa (Italian), come prima cosa (Italian), primariamente (Italian), in primo luogo (Italian), anzitutto (Italian), in primis (Italian), 先ず (mazu) (alt: まず) (Japanese), 우선 (useon) (Korean), przede wszystkim (Polish), najpierw (Polish), po pierwsze (Polish), primeiro de tudo (Portuguese), antes de mais nada (Portuguese), antes de tudo (Portuguese), em primeiro lugar (Portuguese), întâi (Romanian), mai întâi (Romanian), înainte de toate (Romanian), пре́жде всего́ (préžde vsevó) (Russian), en primer lugar (Spanish), una sa lahat (Tagalog), перш за все (perš za vse) (Ukrainian), передусім (peredusim) (Ukrainian), trước hết (Vietnamese), trước nhất (Vietnamese), trước tiên (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "before anything else",
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      "word": "em primeiro lugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "întâi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "mai întâi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "înainte de toate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "préžde vsevó",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "пре́жде всего́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "en primer lugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "una sa lahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perš za vse",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "перш за все"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredusim",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "передусім"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "trước hết"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "trước nhất"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "before anything else",
      "word": "trước tiên"
    }
  ],
  "word": "first of all"
}

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