We found 10 dictionaries that define the word in the first instance:

General (7 matching dictionaries)

1. in the first instance: Merriam-Webster
2. in the first instance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. in the first instance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
4. in the first instance: TheFreeDictionary.com
5. in the first instance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

6. in the first instance: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

7. in the first instance: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

8. in the first instance: Idioms

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