Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

from the outset

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: from the out-set
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of from the jump

Example Sentences

"On the central issue in foreign affairs—the Iraq war—these ministers have been in bed with the Tories from the outset."
"Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter."
"But unlike the intervention in Libya, where France and Britain took point and America “led from behind”, an intervention in Syria would have to be a mostly American affair, and as such it would be done with massive force from the outset."

Synonyms

from the jump

Questions

What does from the outset mean?: Synonym of from the jump

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