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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time at which something is supposed to begin
Example:
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Synonyms:
beginning; commencement; first; get-go; kickoff; offset; outset; showtime; start; starting time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("outset" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outset"):
birth (the time when something begins (especially life))
incipience; incipiency (beginning to exist or to be apparent)
starting point; terminus a quo (earliest limiting point)
threshold (the starting point for a new state or experience)
Context examples:
That was grotesque enough in the outset, and yet it ended in a desperate attempt at robbery.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of course, I had at the outset no particular reason to connect these journeys with the disappearance of Godfrey Staunton, and was only inclined to investigate them on the general grounds that everything which concerns Dr. Armstrong is at present of interest to us, but, now that I find he keeps so keen a look-out upon anyone who may follow him on these excursions, the affair appears more important, and I shall not be satisfied until I have made the matter clear.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
