to start with
to
tə
tē
start
stɑ:rt
staart
with
wÉĒð
vidh
/tə stˈɑːt wÉĒð/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "to start with"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ

used when stating the first and foremost reason or point that needs to be mentioned or considered
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To start with, we need to address the issue of insufficient resources before we proceed.
āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ

used to indicate the beginning stage of a situation, event, etc.
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To start with, the task seemed overwhelming, but it became manageable once we broke it down.
āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ