for one thing

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

for one thing

1. (sequence) Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence

Synonyms

• (introducing first item): for a start, for one

Coordinate terms

• (introducing first item): for another thing

Translations

(to introduce the first item)

• Dutch: om te beginnen, op de eerste plaats
• Finnish: ensinnäkin (fi) (positive polarity), ensinnäkään (negative polarity)
• French: primo (fr), pour commencer (fr), premièrement (fr)
• German: zum einen
• Polish: po pierwsze (pl)
• Portuguese: para começar, pra começar
• Russian: во-пе́рвых (ru) (vo-pérvyx)
• Turkish: ilk önce (tr), evvela (tr), evvelemirde (tr), bir kere (tr)