"in the first place" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

IPA: /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst pleɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪn ðə ˈfɜ˞st pleɪs/ [General-American], /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst plæɪs/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-in the first place.ogg , en-au-in the first place.ogg
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  1. (sequence, idiomatic) to begin with; earlier; firstly; originally; at the start, Tags: idiomatic, sequence Translations (to begin with): նախ (nax) (Armenian), ntãnj (Aromanian), ntãnjiu (Aromanian), 首先 (shǒuxiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 本來 (Chinese Mandarin), 本来 (běnlái) (Chinese Mandarin), 原本 (yuánběn) (Chinese Mandarin), 起初 (qǐchū) (Chinese Mandarin), 當初 (Chinese Mandarin), 当初 (dāngchū) (Chinese Mandarin), allereerst (Dutch), in de eerste plaats (Dutch), alkujaan (Finnish), alun perin (Finnish), aluksi (Finnish), en premier lieu (French), pour commencer (French), avant tout (French), primeiramente (Galician), primeiro (Galician), en primeiro lugar (Galician), erstens (German), an erster Stelle (German), überhaupt erst (German), πρώτα πρώτα (próta próta) (Greek), κατά κύριο λόγο (katá kýrio lógo) (Greek), καταρχήν (katarchín) (Greek), מלכתחילה (mil’khatchíla) (Hebrew), eleve (english: to begin with) (Hungarian), először is (english: first of all) (Hungarian), elsősorban (english: above all) (Hungarian), ó thús (Irish), ó thosach (Irish), per prima cosa (Italian), そもそも (somosomo) (Japanese), 先ず以て (mazumotte) (alt: まずもって) (Japanese), 最初に (saisho-ni) (alt: さいしょに) (Japanese), 애초에 (aecho'e) (Korean), 처음부터 (cheo'eumbuteo) (Korean), prīmum (Latin), łáaʼii góneʼ (Navajo), w pierwszej kolejności (Polish), para começo de conversa (Portuguese), в пе́рвую о́чередь (v pérvuju óčeredʹ) (Russian), пре́жде всего́ (préžde vsevó) (Russian), пе́рвым де́лом (pérvym délom) (Russian), снача́ла (snačála) (Russian), сперва́ (spervá) [informal] (Russian), в пе́рвую го́лову (v pérvuju gólovu) [informal] (Russian), v prvom rade (Slovak), za prvé (Slovak), po prvé (Slovak), už vôbec nie (Slovak), vonkoncom nie (Slovak), a predovšetkým (Slovak), en primer lugar (Spanish), para empezar (Spanish), de entrada (Spanish), primero (Spanish), från början (första) (Swedish), ตั้งแต่แรก (Thai), ก่อนอื่น (Thai)
    Sense id: en-in_the_first_place-en-prep_phrase-jZIon0j3 Disambiguation of 'to begin with': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) at all, even (typically in non-negated statements) Tags: idiomatic Related terms: above all, first of all
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          "word": "в пе́рвую го́лову"
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          "word": "v prvom rade"
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          "word": "už vôbec nie"
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          "word": "vonkoncom nie"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nax",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "նախ"
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      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "ntãnj"
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      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "ntãnjiu"
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      "roman": "shǒuxiān",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "首先"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "本來"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "本来"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánběn",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "原本"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐchū",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "起初"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "當初"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "当初"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "allereerst"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "in de eerste plaats"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "alkujaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "alun perin"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "aluksi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "en premier lieu"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "pour commencer"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "avant tout"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "primeiramente"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "primeiro"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "en primeiro lugar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "erstens"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "an erster Stelle"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "überhaupt erst"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próta próta",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "πρώτα πρώτα"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katá kýrio lógo",
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      "word": "κατά κύριο λόγο"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katarchín",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "καταρχήν"
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      "roman": "mil’khatchíla",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "מלכתחילה"
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      "english": "to begin with",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "eleve"
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "first of all",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "először is"
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      "english": "above all",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "elsősorban"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "ó thús"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "ó thosach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "per prima cosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "somosomo",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "そもそも"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まずもって",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mazumotte",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "先ず以て"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいしょに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saisho-ni",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "最初に"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aecho'e",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "애초에"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheo'eumbuteo",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "처음부터"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "prīmum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "łáaʼii góneʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "w pierwszej kolejności"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "para começo de conversa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v pérvuju óčeredʹ",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "в пе́рвую о́чередь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "préžde vsevó",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "пре́жде всего́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pérvym délom",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "пе́рвым де́лом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snačála",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "снача́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spervá",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "сперва́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v pérvuju gólovu",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "в пе́рвую го́лову"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "v prvom rade"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "za prvé"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "po prvé"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "už vôbec nie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "vonkoncom nie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "a predovšetkým"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "en primer lugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "para empezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "de entrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "primero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "från början (första)"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "ตั้งแต่แรก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to begin with",
      "word": "ก่อนอื่น"
    }
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  "word": "in the first place"
}

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