Meanings
- idiomaticsequenceUsed to introduce one reason or example among potentially several reasons for something that has been stated or is about to be explained.
Well, I’m having difficulties with the heating, for one thing.
1 more example
Although it may be convenient within the case study publication format to cover the topic of pseudopathology in the discussion of differential diagnosis, this is not indicative of how this stage of work slots into the diagnostic process in the laboratory. For one thing, whether a hole or other cavity in bone is a true lesion or not is generally something that is obvious from the start, rather than something that remains to be resolved once one has got to the differential diagnosis stage. Second, identifying true lesions from taphonomic damage is something that is carried out on a lesion-by-lesion basis, whereas differential diagnosis is something that considers the relevant skeletal changes as a whole.
2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 29Synonyms: for a start, for one
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseUsed to introduce one reason or example among potentially several reasons for something that has been stated or is about to be explained.
Translations
Dutch om te beginnen, op de eerste plaats
- om te beginnen(to introduce the first item)
- op de eerste plaats(to introduce the first item)
Finnish ensinnäkin, ensinnäkään
- ensinnäkin(to introduce the first item)
- ensinnäkään(to introduce the first item)
French primo, pour commencer
- primo(to introduce the first item)
- pour commencer(to introduce the first item)
- premièrement(to introduce the first item)
German zum einen
- zum einen(to introduce the first item)
Polish po pierwsze
- po pierwsze(to introduce the first item)
Portuguese para começar, pra começar
- para começar(to introduce the first item)
- pra começar(to introduce the first item)
Russian во-пе́рвых
- во-пе́рвых (vo-pérvyx)(to introduce the first item)
Turkish ilk önce, evvela
- ilk önce(to introduce the first item)
- evvela(to introduce the first item)
- evvelemirde(to introduce the first item)
- bir kere(to introduce the first item)
Cite this entry
for one thing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one%20thing
“for one thing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one%20thing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for one thing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one%20thing.
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