for starters

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for starters

adverb

informal, not comparable As an initial point; before any other considerations. For starters, you can't talk to black people like you're a redneck cowboy. We hate redneck cowboys.

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adv as an initial point

Español	en primer lugar, para empezar, para comenzar
Português	em primeiro lugar
Français	primo
Deutsch	zuerst mal
Italiano	tanto per dirne una, tanto per cominciare, innanzitutto
Русский	для нача́ла dlja načála

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@misc{for_starters_2026,
  title = {for starters},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20starters},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}