Phrase guide
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noun
The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
An early player in a market, such as the first company to commercialize a newly developed technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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History
The business sense bears connotations of the earliest moves in a game such as chess or checkers (for example, a gambit).
