for starters

for start·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fawr stahr-ter]
- /fɔr ˈstɑr tər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fawr stahr-ter]
- /fɔr ˈstɑr tər/

Definitions of for starters words

noun for starters a person or thing that starts. 1
noun for starters a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc. 1
noun for starters a device that starts an internal-combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand. 1
noun for starters a person or thing that starts in a race or contest: Only five starters finished the race. 1
noun for starters a culture of bacteria used to start a particular fermentation, as in the manufacture of cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, etc. 1
noun for starters Cookery. sourdough (def 1). 1

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Origin of for starters

First appearance:

before 1530

One of the 29% oldest English words

First recorded in 1530-40; start + -er1

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Parts of speech for For starters

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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for starters popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for for starters

adv for starters

first off — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.

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