outset
/ˈaʊtsɛt/ noun C1- An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. · He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.
Plural outsets
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Should it prove to be an interesting case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset.
There are two questions waiting for us at the outset.
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.
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