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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

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]

2. of primary import;
- Example: "this is primarily a question of economics"
- Example: "it was in the first place a local matter"
[syn: primarily, in the first place]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

in the first place
    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]
    2: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of
       economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" [syn:
       primarily, in the first place] [ant: secondarily]