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Meaning of in the first instance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

As the first step or stage; first.

Equivalents

Deutsch in erster Instanz
Suomi ensi kädessä
Français en premier lieu
Italiano in prima battuta
Nederlands in eerste instantie
Русский в пе́рвую о́чередь
Українська в пе́ршу че́ргу у пе́ршу че́ргу

Examples

“Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

in the first place in the flesh in the foothills in the frame in the front row in the furtherance of justice

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