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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. before now;
- Example: "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
[syn: in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

to begin with
    adv 1: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
           [syn: in the first place, earlier, in the
           beginning, to begin with, originally]