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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26 April 2024

CITYSCAPE

(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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