for starters
informalDefinition
› used to say that something is the first in a list of things: Try this exercise for starters. "Why did you decide not to go to the concert?" "Well, for starters, the tickets were ridiculously expensive."First and firstly
(Definition of for starters from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at first idiom
- debut noun
- first adverb
- first come, first served idiom
- first noun (THING/PERSON)
- first ordinal number, determiner
- firstly adverb
- formative adjective
- former noun
- inaugural adjective
- initially adverb
- maiden adjective
- opener noun 2
- original adjective (FIRST MADE)
- originally adverb
- pole position noun
- prot(o)- prefix
- start noun (BEGINNING)
- start verb (BEGIN)
- to begin with idiom
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