Search Result：in the beginning
in the beginning 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of adv in_the_beginning
The adv in the beginning has 2 senses
- primitively, originally, in the beginning -- (with reference to the origin or beginning)
- in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally -- (before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?")