to begin with

English

Alternative forms

• to start with

Adverb

to begin with (not comparable)

1. initially, at first, at the very start

   To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.

2. 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