Advertisement
Advertisement
outset
[ out-set ]
outset
/ ˈʊˌɛ /
noun
- a start; beginning (esp in the phrase from ( or at ) the outset )
Idioms and Phrases
see at the outset .Compare Meanings
How does outset compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
At the outset of the film’s narrative, Rickey is kindly asked to leave a grief support group that he’s all but taken over after the death of his father.
As I observed at the outset, I understand Leslie’s impulses implicitly.
At the outset of the administration, business leaders were complacent about Trump’s policies.
Southampton won promotion to the Premier League last summer after beating Leeds in the play-offs, however, their campaign in the top flight has been troubled from the outset.
“We were aware from the outset that this is a highly politicized research topic,” co-author Harlan Krumholz, a professor of medicine at Yale, told me by email.
Advertisement
Related 51Թs
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.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse