First Of All

Definition: First Of All

First Of All

Adverb

1. Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: First Of All

Crosswords: First Of All

First of all, don't make fun of the weather here, and don't say the weather is the same all the time here. (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

Well first of all, they're not romantic. (Vampires; writing credit: Don Jakoby)

A picnic! First of all, daylight. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

And? First of all, he ain't my father, he's my daddy; there's a big damn difference. (Waiting to Exhale; writing credit: Terry McMillan)

First of all, you ain't rapped long enough (Party Up; performing artist: DMX)

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The proletariat of each country must, of course, first of all settle matters with its own bourgeoisie. (reference)

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When you examine the list of modern treasons, that appears first of all.

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Business

First of all many U.S. manufacturers do not give adequate importance to the building of good relations with its local partner and ultimately end users. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Afrikaan

eers (at, at some time, ever, first, firstly, sometime). (various references)

Albanian

së pari (at first, first, firstly, imprimis). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قبل كل شىء (over all), ‏اولا (at first). (various references)

Bulgarian 

най-напред (at first, first, firstly, start with), за първи път. (various references)

Czech

především (chiefly, especially, first, primarily), napřed (ahead, before, foremost, in front, onward, onwards). (various references)

Danish

først (first, firstly). (various references)

Dutch

vooreerst (first, firstly, for the time being, temporarily), ten eerste (first, firstly), eerst (first, firstly), allereerst (first, firstly). (various references)

Esperanto

unue (first, firstly). (various references)

Faeroese

í fyrsta lagi (first, firstly). (various references)

Finnish

ennen kaikkea (above all). (various references)

French

d'abord (at first, first, firstly). (various references)

Frisian

earst (first, firstly). (various references)

German

zuallererst, zunächst (above all, apriori, at first, especially, first, for the moment, for the time being). (various references)

Greek 

προπαντόσ (above all, in particular). (various references)

Hebrew 

קו�"ם כל (first, firstly), בראש ובראשו� �" (first and foremost, in the first place, primarily), ראשית (beginning, commencement, first, genesis, inception, outset, source, start). (various references)

Hungarian

mindenekelőtt (above all, chief, in the first instance, in the first place, preeminently, pre-eminently). (various references)

Italian

dapprima (at, at first, at the outset, first, firstly, in the beginning). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

取敢えず (at once, for the time being), 取り敢えず (at once, for the time being), 取りあえず (at once, for the time being), 先ず以て (in the first place), 始めに (to begin with). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まずもって (in the first place), はじめに (to begin with), とりあえず (at once, for the time being). (various references)

Pig Latin

irstfay ofay allay

Polish

po pierwsze (first, firstly), najpierw (first, firstly). (various references)

Portuguese

primeiramente (first, first rate, foremost, formerly, imprint, initiate, primarily). (various references)

Russian 

прежде всего (first and foremost, for one thing, foremost, in the first instance). (various references)

Scottish

air thoiseach (first, firstly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

najpre (primarily), ispred svih. (various references)

Spanish

primero (Aa, capital, chief, early, first, firstly, foremost, former, front, head, immediate, initial, leader, leading, low, lower, maiden, opening, original, outermost, overriding, premier, primary, prime, top), primeramente (at first, first, firstly, foremost), en primer lugar (chiefly, first, firstly, in the first place), antes (above, aforetime, before, beforehand, erstwhile, first, firstly, formerly, in front of, in the past, once, previously, prior, rather, sooner), al principio (at first, first, firstly, in the beginning, initially). (various references)

Swedish

first och främst (first and foremost), först och främst (first and foremost, in the first instance, primarily), allra först. (various references)

Tagalog

úna (first, firstly). (various references)

Turkish

ilkönce (at first, first, in the first instance), ilk olarak (at first, early, first, first time, firstly, for starters, in first place, in the first instance, initially, primarily), ilk önce (at the outset, foremost), herşeyden önce (above all), en önce (in first place). (various references)

Ukranian 

уперше (first), насамперед (above all things, erst, foremost, to begin with, uppermost). (various references)

Welsh

yn gyntaf (first). (various references)

Yucatec

yaaxil (first, firstly). (various references)

Zulu

ukuqala (first, firstly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: florals, florist, litoral, oralist, rialtos, tailors, tariffs.

-4 letters: afrits, allots, aorist, aristo, atolls, fillos, flails, flairs, flirts, floats, floral, floras, flotas, foliar, follis, fortis, frails, frills, offals, ratios, rialto, safrol, sailor, satori, soffit, stroll, tailor, tallis, tariff, tolars, trails, trials, trills, triols, trolls.

-5 letters: afrit, airts, alifs, alist, allot, aloft, altos, arils, astir.

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