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[ out-set ] / ˈaʊtˌsɛt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR outset ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset. outsert. Origin of outsetFirst recorded in 1530–40; out- + set Words nearby outsetoutsail, outsang, outsat, outsell, outsert, outset, outsettlement, outsettler, outshine, outshoot, outshout Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for outsetBut the real money, Washington believed, lay in the western land investments he had made at the outset of the war. Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism|William O’Connor|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bill Clinton courted Mixner and his expertise at the outset of his run for president. Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People|Tim Teeman|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Things seem fine at the outset, as they always do—the children are fun and adorable, the husband and wife happy and carefree. ‘Force Majeure’ and the Swedish Family Vacation From Hell|Alex Suskind|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the outset, only a handful of the victims spoke out about what had happened to them. Jennifer Lawrence’s Furious, Perfect Response to Nude Photo Leak: “It Is a Sex Crime”|Kevin Fallon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is it day to day, game to game, or do they prepare a master plan from the outset. Tony La Russa Explains How To Make It To The World Series|Dave Pottruck|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The enormous grant which had been made at the outset for three years was already spent and a fresh supply had to be granted. History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)|John Richard Green Joan was not one to invite a warm affection in another woman at the outset. The Imaginary Marriage|Henry St. John Cooper At the outset of the war there was a great flare of patriotic enthusiasm in Russia. A Short History of the World|H. G. Wells An enterprising story-maker had not very serious difficulties at the outset. An Oxford man's decision may be made at the outset; but far the larger number of men defer the choice. An American at Oxford|John Corbin
British Dictionary definitions for outset
nouna start; beginning (esp in the phrase from (or at) the outset) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with outsetThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to outsetbeginning, commencement, origin, start, dawn, rise, source, birth, dawning, primordium |