outset
verbEtymology From out- + set.
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CSS Internet To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
outset
noun/ˈaʊtsɛt/
Etymology From out- + set, replacing earlier outsetting.
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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; […]1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
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- It was opened on July 1, 1903, and worked by the former Highland Railway from the outset.1954 January, “Notes and News: An Abandoned Railway from the Air”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
- 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.2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
- Derived terms
- at the outset, the outset