"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 [Mid-Atlantic]
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)

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          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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          "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "pour commencer"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "premièrement"
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "zum einen"
    },
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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    },
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
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    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(to introduce the first item)",
      "word": "evvelemirde"
    },
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