n.

The initial stage of something; the beginning: Problems arose at the very outset.

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noun

The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, spring, start. See start/end.

n

Definition: start
Antonyms: conclusion, end

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the time at which something begins
  Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, start, kickoff, starting time, offset

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - begyndelse

idioms:

• from the outset    fra begyndelsen

Nederlands (Dutch)
begin, aanvang

Français (French)
n. - début, commencement

idioms:

• at the outset    au début
• from the outset    dès le début

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anfang, Beginn

idioms:

• at the outset    zu Beginn od. Anfang, am Anfang
• from the outset    von Anfang an

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρχή, έναρξη, ξεκίνημα

idioms:

• from the outset    από την αρχή, από την έναρξη

Italiano (Italian)
inizio

idioms:

• from the outset    dal principio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - início (m), princípio (m)

idioms:

• from the outset    desde o início

Русский (Russian)
начало

idioms:

• from the outset    с самого начала

Español (Spanish)
n. - comienzo, principio

idioms:

• at the outset    de entrada, al comienzo
• from the outset    desde el principio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - början, inledning, avresa

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
着手, 最初, 开头

idioms:

• from the outset    从一开始

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 著手, 最初, 開頭

idioms:

• from the outset    從一開始

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 착수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 最初, 着手

idioms:

• from the outset    最初から

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بدايه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ראשית, התחלה‬

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