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out⋅set

  [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

out⋅sert

  [out-surt]
–noun Bookbinding.
an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
Also called outset, wraparound.

Origin:
out- + (in)sert
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out·set   (out'sět')   
n.  The initial stage of something; the beginning: Problems arose at the very outset.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Outset

Out"set`\, n. A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." --Burke.

Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. --J. Hawes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : outset
Spanish: principio, comienzo,
German: der Anfang,
Japanese: 最初
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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outset

see at the outset.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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