eng: in the first place

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/in%20the%20first%20place

Meaning
means	(adverb) before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?" to begin with, originally, in the beginning, in the first place, earlier
means	(adverb) of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" in the first place, primarily