outset

Etymology 1
From en, replacing earlier.

Noun

 * 1) Onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
 * He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: დასაწყისი
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Aunfank
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dol a-mach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology 2
From en.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.