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Foremost in order
beginning, original, earliest, primary, prime, primal, antecedent, anterior, initial, virgin, maiden, opening, introductory, inceptive, incipient, inaugural, premier, primeval, aboriginal, leading, in the beginning, front, head, rudimentary, fundamental.
Antonyms last*, ultimate, final.
Foremost in importance
chief, greatest, prime, preeminent; see principal.

in the first place

firstly, initially, to begin with; see at first under first.

noun

beginning, outset, start, the word ""go''*; see origin 1.

at first

in the beginning, initially, firstly, in the first place, at the outset, at the start, at the beginning, at the commencement, originally, to begin win, first off*, for openers*.

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