Associations to the word «Outset»

Wiktionary

OUTSET, noun. The beginning or initial stage of something

Dictionary definition

OUTSET, 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".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky