"for one thing" meaning in English

See for one thing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-us-for one thing.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} for one thing, {{en-prep phrase}} for one thing
  1. (sequence) Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence Tags: sequence Synonyms (introducing first item): for a start, for one Coordinate_terms (introducing first item): for another thing Translations ((to introduce the first item)): om te beginnen (Dutch), op de eerste plaats (Dutch), ensinnäkin (note: positive polarity) (Finnish), ensinnäkään (note: negative polarity) (Finnish), primo (French), pour commencer (French), premièrement (French), zum einen (German), po pierwsze (Polish), para começar (Portuguese), pra começar (Portuguese), во-пе́рвых (vo-pérvyx) (Russian), ilk önce (Turkish), evvela (Turkish), evvelemirde (Turkish), bir kere (Turkish)
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "for one thing",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "for one thing",
      "name": "en-prep phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "sense": "introducing first item",
          "word": "for another thing"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence"
      ],
      "id": "en-for_one_thing-en-prep_phrase-jG026irQ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sequence) Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "introducing first item",
          "word": "for a start"
        },
        {
          "sense": "introducing first item",
          "word": "for one"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sequence"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "om te beginnen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "op de eerste plaats"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "positive polarity",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "ensinnäkin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "negative polarity",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "ensinnäkään"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "primo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "pour commencer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "premièrement"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "zum einen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "po pierwsze"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "para começar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "pra começar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vo-pérvyx",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "во-пе́рвых"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "ilk önce"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "evvela"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "evvelemirde"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
          "word": "bir kere"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-for one thing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/En-us-for_one_thing.ogg/En-us-for_one_thing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/En-us-for_one_thing.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for one thing"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense": "introducing first item",
      "word": "for another thing"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "for one thing",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "for one thing",
      "name": "en-prep phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "English sequence adverbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sequence) Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sequence"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-for one thing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/En-us-for_one_thing.ogg/En-us-for_one_thing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/En-us-for_one_thing.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "introducing first item",
      "word": "for a start"
    },
    {
      "sense": "introducing first item",
      "word": "for one"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "om te beginnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "op de eerste plaats"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "positive polarity",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "ensinnäkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "negative polarity",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "ensinnäkään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "primo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "pour commencer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "premièrement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "zum einen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "po pierwsze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "para começar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "pra começar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vo-pérvyx",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "во-пе́рвых"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "ilk önce"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "evvela"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "evvelemirde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "bir kere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for one thing"
}

Download raw JSONL data for for one thing meaning in English (3.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.