outset

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈaʊtsɛt/

Definition of outset

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
    “He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.”
    “At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]”
    “It was opened on July 1, 1903, and worked by the former Highland Railway from the outset.”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
    “He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.”
    “At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]”
    “It was opened on July 1, 1903, and worked by the former Highland Railway from the outset.”
    “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.”

verb

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

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Etymology

From out- + set, replacing earlier outsetting.

Anagrams of outset

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Hooks

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