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View synonyms for outset

outset

[ out-set ]

noun

  1. the beginning or start:

    I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.



outset

/ ˈaʊtˌsɛt /

noun

  1. a start; beginning (esp in the phrase from ( or at ) the outset )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of outset1

First recorded in 1530–40; out- + set
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Idioms and Phrases

see at the outset .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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