to begin with

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to begin with

adverb

  1. not comparable Initially, at first, at the very start. To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.

    Similar: at first, to start with, initially

  2. not comparable In the first place. Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!

    Similar: to start with

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adv initially

Русскийдля начала dlja načala

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@misc{to_begin_with_2026,
  title = {to begin with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/to%20begin%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}