FOR A START meaning: Beginning or initiating a sequence - OneLook

Usually means: Beginning or initiating a sequence.

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for a start: Merriam-Webster
for a start: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
for a start: Collins English Dictionary
for a start: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
for a start: Wiktionary
for a start: Dictionary.com
for a start: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (for a start)

▸ adverb: For one thing; as one rebutting factor among many.

Similar:

for one, for starters, imprimis, first off, first of all, first up, to begin with, firstly, erst, first, more...

Opposite:

for one thing, initially, begin with, firstly

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Similar:

for one, for starters, imprimis, first off, first of all, first up, to begin with, firstly, erst, first, more...

Opposite:

for one thing, initially, begin with, firstly

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