English-Finnish translations for to begin with

• aluksi
  Haluan esittää aluksi yleisen huomion. I want to begin with a general comment.
  Haluan aluksi mainita muutaman myönteisen asian. I should like to begin with a few positives.
  Emme olleet aluksi samaa mieltä kaikista kohdista. We did not agree on all the points to begin with.

Definition of to begin with

• initially, at first, at the very start
• in the first place

Examples

• To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.
• Double my wages? You werent paying me anything to begin with!

Related words

• begin to ferment
• begin to laugh
• begin to move
• begin to see red
• begin to shift
• begin to work