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DictionarySeeopenerfor openers
for openersAs a first step; for starters. A: "I'd like to help in some way, if I can." B: "OK. For openers, you could set up chairs for the guests."See also: openerfor openers and for startersto start with. For openers, they played a song everyone knows. For starters, I'll serve a delicious soup.See also: openerfor openersAlso, for starters. To begin with. For example, Out of 50 possible jurors they eliminated 30, for openers, or She believed him, which indicated, for starters, that she was very gullible. The word starters is also used for the appetizer or first course of a meal, as in For starters we had shrimp cocktail. [Mid-1900s] See also: openerfor openers to start with; first of all. informalSee also: openerfor ˈopeners (informal, especially American English) to begin with; for a start: For openers, I don’t think his work is very original.See also: opener for openers Informal To begin with: "Out of 54 potential jurors, they knocked 20 off ... just for openers" (Joseph DiMona).See also: openerEncyclopediaSeeOpener |