to begin with

English

Alternative forms

to start with

Adverb

to begin with (not comparable)

initially, at first, at the very start
To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.
in the first place
Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!

Synonyms

(at the very start): at first; see also Thesaurus:initially
(in the first place):

Translations

initially

Russian: для начала (dlja načala)
Serbo-Croatian: za početak
Swedish: till att börja med, inledningsvis (sv)
Turkish: başta olmak üzere, en başından

in the first place

Finnish: ensinnäkään, alun alkujaankaan
Serbo-Croatian: za početak, na početku
Swedish: till att börja med

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