Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to begin with

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: to be-gin with
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Initially, at first, at the very start.

adv

In the first place.

Example Sentences

"To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room."
"Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!"

Synonyms

at first to start with initially in the first place earlier in the beginning originally

Questions

What does to begin with mean?: Initially, at first, at the very start.

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