outset

noun

out·​set ˈau̇t-ˌset 

: beginning, start

Synonyms of outset

• beginning
• start
• inception
• onset
• commencement

Examples of outset in a Sentence

There have been problems with the project from the outset.

From its very outset, the company has produced the highest quality products.

He made it clear at the outset that he is not going to quit his job.

She set high goals for herself at the outset of her career.

Recent Examples on the Web

New medicines, technologies and entire industries emerge from research with applications that often could not have been predicted at the outset. — Carole Labonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Priscilla Davis insisted from the outset that the gunman was her estranged husband, Cullen Davis, a multimillionaire oil heir. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2026

Conventional air cooling is no longer sufficient at that power density, so new facilities must be designed for liquid cooling from the outset. — Serhiy Tokarev, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026

There are so many white outfits, most of which at the outset look like wedding dresses. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outset

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• binet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette

Kids Definition

outset

noun

out·​set ˈau̇t-ˌset 

: beginning sense 1, start