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How to pronounce outset in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, showtime, start, starting time
Type of point in time, point
Has types incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo, birth, threshold, incipience

Examples of outset

outset
At the story's outset, he doesn't even comprehend that there is a world outside.
From the newsweek.com
I opposed the sales tax increase from the outset and have voted for each repeal.
From the dailyherald.com
Especially at the outset of any branding project, stress clear and simple terms.
From the forbes.com
At the outset of his career, Gentleman leaned the latter way, towards nostalgia.
From the guardian.co.uk
The resulting disparities were apparent from the outset in Sibelius's Finlandia.
From the guardian.co.uk
Both agreed from the outset that all profits and royalties would go to Bernheim.
From the courier-journal.com
The show performed respectably at the outset but softened by the end of its run.
From the washingtontimes.com
With no father listed on his birth certificate, he felt cheated from the outset.
From the chron.com
Houlihan, the state leader in the event coming in, set the pace from the outset.
From the omaha.com
More examples
  • Beginning: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
  • The beginning or initial stage of something