in the first place

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  to begin with; earlier; firstly; originally; at the start,
 * The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place.
 * 1)   (typically in non-negated statements)
 * Why does this exist in the first place?

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:initially
 * See also Thesaurus:firstly
 * See also Thesaurus:firstly

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: ntãnj, ntãnjiu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, in de eerste plaats
 * Finnish:, ;
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: primeiramente,, en primeiro lugar
 * German:, an erster Stelle, überhaupt erst
 * Greek: πρώτα πρώτα, κατά κύριο λόγο,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:,  először is,
 * Irish: ó thús, ó thosach
 * Italian: per prima cosa
 * Japanese:, 先ず以て,
 * Korean: 애초에, 처음부터
 * Latin:
 * Navajo: łáaʼii góneʼ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: para começo de conversa
 * Russian:, , пе́рвым де́лом, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: v prvom rade, za prvé, po prvé, už vôbec nie, vonkoncom nie, a predovšetkým
 * Spanish: en primer lugar, para empezar, ,
 * Swedish: från (första) början
 * Thai: ตั้งแต่แรก, ก่อนอื่น