ಅರ್ಥ : Before now.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Why didn't you tell me in the first place?.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : earlier, in the beginning, originally, to begin with
ಅರ್ಥ : Of primary import.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
This is primarily a question of economics.
It was in the first place a local matter.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : primarily