TO START WITH


Meaning of TO START WITH in English

1.

used when you are giving the first and most important reason for sth :

To start with it's much too expensive ...

2.

at the beginning :

The club had only six members to start with.

I'll have melon to start with.

She wasn't keen on the idea to start with.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.