Analysis Complete

in the first place

/ in the first place /

adverb

adverb Sense 1

before now

"why didn''t you tell me in the first place?"

adverb Sense 2

of primary import

"this is primarily a question of economics"

"it was in the first place a local matter"

Opposites:

secondarily

Pertains to:

primary

Semantic Complexity

19%

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secondarily