outset

plural outsets

1. An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.First known use 1759

   He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.

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   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

   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

present singular third person outsets · participle present outsetting

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