in the first place : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: in the first place	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in the first place adv before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?" Synonym(s): in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" Synonym(s): primarily, in the first place Antonym(s): secondarily