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first of all

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first offadverb

    before anything else

    "first we must consider the garter snake"

Wiktionary

  1. first of alladverb

    firstly; before anything else.

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  1. first of all

    First of all refers to the initial point or issue in a series or a list of items. It is used to introduce the first reason, factor, point, etc. in a discussion or argument. It serves to emphasize the importance of the starting point or first element in a sequence.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of first of all in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of first of all in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of first of all in a Sentence

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, first of all, under Dodd-Frank, that is what will happen because we now have stress tests and I'm going to impose a risk fee on the big bank if they engage in risky behavior but they have to know, their shareholders have to know that yes, they will fail and if they're too big to fail. Then under my plan and others that have been proposed, they may have to be broken up.

  2. Maxim Behar:

    First of all, the word newspaper doesn't really exist anymore, because the first part, news, is gone from it. What's left is only paper.

  3. Rich McKay:

    First of all, this point of emphasis has nothing to do with the No Fun League, where people can ding us on the No Fun League is the celebration rules. Taunting is a different thing. Taunting is trying to entice that other player into some type of activity that is not allowed in football.

  4. Academy Awards.Lady Gaga:

    First of all... social media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the internet and what it's done to pop culture is abysmal, people saw love and, guess what, that's what we wanted to you to see. This is a love song.

  5. Valery Giscard:

    The momentum can be revived, first of all by a British decision to stay in the union.


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