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outset
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Outset
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out·set
/
ˈaʊtˌsɛt
/
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out
-set
]
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noun
1.
the beginning or start:
I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.
2.
outsert
.
Origin:
1530–40;
out-
+
set
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outset
(ˈaʊtˌsɛt)
—
n
a start; beginning (esp in the phrase
from
(
or
at
)
the outset
)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
outset
"act of setting out on a journey, business, etc." 1759, from
out
+
set
(v.). The earlier word for this was outsetting (1676).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
outset
see
at the outset
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
It will be the first large-scale city car-sharing service to use only electric vehicles right from the
outset
.
His work was subjected to peer review from the
outset
.
But at the same time, it's surprising what you may find at a place that doesn't look that exciting at the
outset
.
My parents told my nan at the
outset
to wait until she had finished eating
before feeding the pigeons.
That's a complex problem where economics and culture must be incorporated from the
outset
.
Research from the
outset
was production-oriented and restricted to that which was relevant to increasing wheat production.
At the
outset
, it was thought that the franchises would take three years or more to break even.
From the
outset
, the museum as collected booty had its justifications as well.
From the
outset
, she wanted to bring traditional instruments into the mixture.
At the
outset
, there was only one in a million chance you were right on the first pick.
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