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):

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