in the first place
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst pleɪs/
- (General American) IPA: /ɪn ðə ˈfɜ˞st pleɪs/
- (General Australian) IPA: /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst plæɪs/
- (sequence, idiomatic) to begin with; earlier; firstly; originally; at the start
- The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place.
- In the first place, let's get the basics settled.
- (at the start) See also Thesaurus:initially
- (earlier)
- (first in sequence) See also Thesaurus:firstly
- French: en premier lieu, pour commencer, avant tout
- German: erstens, an erster Stelle, überhaupt erst
- Italian: per prima cosa
- Russian: в пе́рвую о́чередь
- Spanish: en primer lugar, para empezar, de entrada
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