outset (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *outset*:
NOUN	time	outset, beginning, commencement, first, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset	the time at which something is supposed to begin

outset > pronunciation
Sounds	aw'tseh.t
Rhymes	abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht...

English > *outset*: 1 sense > noun 1, time
Meaning	The time at which something is supposed to begin.
Synonyms	beginning, commencement, first, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
Narrower	birth	The time when something begins (especially life)
	incipiency, incipience	Beginning to exist or to be apparent
	terminus a quo, starting point	Earliest limiting point
	threshold	The starting point for a new state or experience
Broader	point, point in time	An instant of time
Opposite	end, ending	The point in time at which something ends
Opposite	middle	Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
Spanish	comienzo, inicio, principio, umbral
Catalan	començament, inici, primeria, primer, principi

HyperDic: outset