outset
1Outset — Out set , n. A setting out, starting, or beginning. The outset of a political journey. Burke. [1913 Webster] Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. J. Hawes. [1913 Webster] …
2outset — I noun beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, embarkation, entrance, exordium, first move first step, foundation, genesis, inauguration, inception, inchoation, incipience, incipiency, induction, infancy, initiation, initium, introduction,… …
3outset — (n.) act of setting out on a journey, business, etc. 1759, from OUT (Cf. out) + SET (Cf. set) (v.). The earlier word for this was outsetting (1670s) …
4outset — ► NOUN ▪ the start or beginning …
5outset — [out′set΄] n. a setting out; beginning; start …
6outset — out|set [ˈautset] n at/from the outset at or from the beginning of an event or process →↑set out ▪ It was clear from the outset that there were going to be problems. ▪ It s better to get something in writing right at the outset. at/from the… …
7outset — [[t]a͟ʊtset[/t]] PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR cl If something happens at the outset of an event, process, or period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If something happens from the outset it happens from the beginning and continues to happen …
8outset — n. at; from the outset * * * [ aʊtset] from the outset at …
9outset — out|set [ aut,set ] noun singular * the start of something: at/from the outset: You are going to love this book from the outset …
10outset — noun at /from the outset at or from the beginning of an event or process: It was clear right from the outset that there were going to be problems …
