OUTSET

beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset

(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin; “they got an early start”; “she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

outset (plural outsets)

The beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]

Etymology 2

Verb

outset (third-person singular simple present outsets, present participle outsetting, simple past and past participle outset)

(internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.

Anagrams

• Stoute, Tetsuo, set out, setout

Source: Wiktionary


Out"set`, n.

Definition: A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." Burke. Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. J. Hawes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 June 2025

SOUARI

(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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