outset

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊtsɛt/
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Etymology 1

From out- +‎ set, replacing earlier outsetting.

Noun

outset (plural outsets)

  1. The beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]
    He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.
    • 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport‎:
      Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.

Translations

Further reading
  • “outset” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Etymology 2

From out- +‎ set.

Verb

outset (third-person singular simple present outsets, present participle outsetting, simple past and past participle outset)

  1. (Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.

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