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There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.
Robert Palmer

Meaning of "for a start" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOR A START

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOR A START

for a certainty
for a giggle
for a kickoff
for a song
for a wonder
for all
for all I care
for all one is worth
for all that
for all the world
for better for worse
for certain
for crying out loud
for dear life
for ever
for evermore
for example
for fear of
for free
for good

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOR A START

black redstart
cold start
false start
flying start
head start
head-start
hill start
jump start
jump-start
kick-start
new start
outstart
push-start
redstart
restart
standing start
start
stop-and-start
stop-start
tart
upstart

Synonyms and antonyms of for a start in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «for a start» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOR A START

Find out the translation of for a start to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of for a start from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «for a start» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一开始
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para empezar
570 millions of speakers

English

for a start
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक शुरुआत के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لبداية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

для начала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para um começo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি শুরুর জন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour un début
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untuk permulaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zunächst einmal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スタート用
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시작을위한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo wiwitan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cho một khởi đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு தொடக்கத்திற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुरवातीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başlangıç ​​için
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per un inizio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na początek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

для початку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru un start
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για μια έναρξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Vir ´n begin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

till att börja med
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

for en start
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of for a start

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOR A START»

The term «for a start» is very widely used and occupies the 1.453 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about for a start

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QUOTES WITH «FOR A START»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word for a start.
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Robert Palmer
There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOR A START»

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Creating Wealth with a Small Business
While some money is essential for a start-up, you should be skeptical of the idea that taking on substantial debt will make a small business successful.33 In fact, substantial start-up debt is often 33 The most common explanation for business ...
Ralph Blanchard, 2011
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The Mother-Daughter Book Club
When the mothers of four sixth-grade girls with very different personalities pressure them into forming a book club, they find, as they read and discuss "Little Women," that they have much more in common than they could have imagined.
Heather Vogel Frederick, 2007
3
Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited ...
My interviews suggest that quite frequently, the idea for a start-up's product comes from an engineer with strong technical skills who hopes the product will be so good, that it will sell itself. Sooner or later, the engineer realizes that the venture ...
Peter S. Cohan, 2012
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Robust Real-time Vision Modules for a Personal Service Robot ...
When a camera node is turned on, it registers itself to the main node and starts its role independently, while waiting for a start of synchronization event which is occurred in a background process. If the main node decides that multiple camera  ...
Kwangsu Kim, 2007
5
High Tech Start Up, Revised And Updated: The Complete ...
... will improve the company's odds significantly, they must find it. For instance, ask venture capitalists for leads to people wanting to be CEO ofa start-up. Venture capitalists get hundreds ofrésumés from people who are looking for a start-up.
John L. Nesheim, 2000
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Sail for a Living: Find a Job, Start a Business, Change your ...
For a start you will need public liability insurance just in case, for example, one of your clients tripped up on the doormat and broke theirleg. With this inmind, the bestway to go about itisto renta presentation room ina local hotel, yacht club, ...
Sue Pelling, 2011
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Sales, Swingers & Start-ups: Practical Stories to Ensure ...
But, when you sell for a start-up, everything is magnified – fears about your company, your product, your claims, your sustainability, your competition, and more. So, it's especially important for you to be sensitive to your prospects, and ...
Mark LaRosa, 2014
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How to start and run your own computer repair business
... control or shift key, which allows the window to appear that the popup stopper otherwise would have stopped. That sounds easy for me or for you to do, but for many clients that would be difficult, if not impossible. For a start they would forget  ...
Joe A. Wisinski, 2007
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Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for ...
A marketing plan appropriate for a large, established player is not suitable for a start-up. Most large companies have a formalized marketing process culminating as a detailed marketing document reaching hundreds of pages. Most established  ...
Cynthia Kocialski, 2010
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Shaping China's Innovation Future: University Technology ...
This increased cost of capital may render private equity too expensive for a start- up and thereby cause the start-up to take a suboptimal amount of capital or forego taking the capital altogether. At a minimum, some amount of money that could ...
John Orcutt, Hong Shen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOR A START»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term for a start is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mud Hens manage split after odd run for pitchers - Toledo Blade
The stress on the staff began Wednesday, when Shane Greene left after just three innings in preparation for a start with the Tigers today, forcing ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
2
Alan Johnson: it would be 'perverse' for Labour to fail to elect a …
For a start, how are we going to win back Scotland with two blokey men up against Nicola Sturgeon? “If George Osborne or Boris Johnson ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Federer dances to his own tune, while Messi suffers for a team sport …
There's money for a start. Federer has already won more than US$91 million (S$123 million) in a career that began with the winning of the ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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Reach center officials plan financial improvements in second year …
“I think we're doing remarkably well for a start-up,” said Lisa Toomey, CEO. “The Reach is becoming a valuable asset to the community.”. «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»
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Buy-to-let with your pension? Four tax traps - Telegraph
For a start, the average return on buy-to-let disguises considerable regional variation (see table). For example, those buying in the South East, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Ten Years Later, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport Recall …
For a start, the back story alone was compelling. As top seed and 1999 champion, Davenport was the favourite, but the last of her three Grand ... «VICE, Jul 15»
7
Greece's euro drama: geopolitical concerns may have already …
For a start, a significantly poorer Greece would become a weak link in Nato. It is one of the few countries in the alliance that complies with a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Tips for early stage companies and thinking ahead to an exit …
Legal costs are often a painful experience for a start-up that needs cash to pay for basic necessities. However, while good legal advice and ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
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John A. Tures: No ring for you! Come back one year - Ledger-Enquirer
Only one said maybe, and that was if we did their year-long counseling program for a start. "We don't marry strangers," another pastor told me. «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»
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Ciftci makes instant impact for Celtic | Football | Sport | Daily Express
Ciftci could now come into the reckoning for a start against Stjarnan. Deila said: “We'll see. He's available and we'll see what we do, but he is of ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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