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Meanings of outset in English

Portuguese
começo
Catalan
primer
Spanish
umbral

The time at which something is supposed to begin.

    começo
    Usage of outset in English
    1
    Every serious crisis now risks a potential nuclear exchange at the outset.
    The Guardian
    2
    He had made that quite clear to her mothers from the outset.
    Book of lost threads
    3
    From the outset, Hillary Clinton's campaign has taken a starkly opposite approach.
    Wired
    4
    Gianluca Quattrocchi made the nature of the meeting clear from the outset.
    Dante's numbers
    5
    The signature of the wedge made that clear right from the outset.
    Beginnings
    6
    From the outset, men tailor the situation to suit their own purposes.
    The Guardian
    7
    There's one thing I want to make perfectly clear from the outset.
    Warlord: an alex hawke novel
    8
    The new scheme will involve paying students at the outset of term.
    The Irish Times
    9
    At the outset, Microsoft underestimated the power and effectiveness of the EU.
    The Guardian
    10
    A little quick-tempered in handling help; expects too much at the outset.
    Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
    11
    We had made our commitment to horizontal principles clear from the outset.
    The Democracy Project
    12
    The Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance was a failure from the outset.
    A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
    13
    From the outset the Irish players struggled to contain Japanese energy levels.
    The Irish Times
    14
    What is arguably the best visual effect comes very near the outset.
    Reuters
    15
    We need to put something hard on him right from the outset.
    Radio NZ
    16
    Note broadly in the outset, Shakespeare has no heroes;-hehas only heroines.
    Sesame and Lilies
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