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Also, from the outset. At the start, from the start. For example, He wanted to explain his position from the outset, but there wasn't time, or At the outset the problem seemed simple, but then it became quite complicated. The noun outset is rarely heard today except in these phrases. [Mid-1700s]

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Words related to at the outset

basically, formerly, initially, originally, primitively, first, primarily, incipiently, beforehand

Words nearby at the outset

at the last minute, at the latest, at the least, at the mercy of, at the most, at the outset, at the outside, at the point of, at the ready, at the same time, at the top of one's lungs
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