دیکشنری فارسی

in the first place

UKinðfəːstpleis

معنی فارسی

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ریشه و کاربرد

ریشه

The phrase 'in the first place' is a combination of the preposition 'in', the ordinal number 'first', and the noun 'place'. It is used to emphasize the initial or primary aspect of a situation or argument.

مثال

  • I didn't want to go to the party in the first place.
  • Why did you lend him money when you knew he wouldn't pay you back in the first place?
  • She shouldn't have taken the job if she didn't want to work overtime in the first place.

تعریف انگلیسی

adverb
  1. before now “why didn't you tell me in the first place?”
  2. of primary import “this is primarily a question of economics” “it was in the first place a local matter” “Derived from adjective: primary (for: primarily)”

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