outsetting

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noun

Start, originally of a journey; outset, beginning.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of outset
nounoutsetting (plural outsettings)

plural outsettings

  1. Start, originally of a journey; outset, beginning.First known use 17th c.

    As it appeared, there was to be no loss of time in the outsetting.

    1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates' Hope, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 32
    1 more example

    He [...] valued himſelf, that he only wanted Cæſar's out-ſetting, to make a figure among his contemporaries.

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, pages 67–68
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APA

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MLA

“outsetting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsetting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outsetting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsetting.

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