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English adverb: in the beginning

1. in the beginning with reference to the origin or beginning


Synonymsoriginally, primitively

2. in the beginning before now


SamplesWhy didn't you tell me in the first place?.


Synonymsearlier, in the first place, originally, to begin with









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