to begin with

Thesaurus

Adv.

to begin with - before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"in the first place, in the beginning, earlier, originally

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(biˈgin) – present participle beˈginning: past tense began (biˈgan) : past participle begun (biˈgan) – verb to come or bring, into being, to start. He began to talk; The meeting began early.开始beˈginning noun开始beˈginner noun someone who is just learning how to do something. `Does he paint well?' `He's not bad for a beginner'.初学者to begin with1. at first. I didn't like him to begin with, but now he's one of my best friends.一开始2. firstly. There are many reasons why I don't like her – to begin with, she doesn't tell the truth.第一

to begin with

1. From the outset; initially; in or at the very beginning. I never would have bought this car to begin with if I'd known there weren't airbags. You should have said you were feeling ill to begin with! I wouldn't have given you such a hard time if I'd known.2. As the first of a given set of points (e.g., in an argument). Why am I quitting? Well, to begin with, I haven't been paid for overtime in nearly a year, and I just don't feel valued as an employee in general. There are a lot of problems with your paper. To begin with, you just seem to move from point to point at random.See also: begin

to beˈgin with

1 at first: I found it tiring to begin with but I soon got used to it. ♢ We’ll go slowly to begin with.
2 used to introduce the first point you want to make: ‘What was it you didn’t like?’ ‘Well, to begin with, our room was far too small.’See also: begin

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adv before now

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