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The outset is the very beginning of something — a job, a trip, a plan, a war. Though actually, English almost never uses the word by itself. People say at the outset or from the outset, and those two phrases do nearly all the work. At the outset means when it started, as we began. From the outset means right from the first moment, and still true now. It is a little more formal than at the start. You will see it in speeches, news, and school essays more than in chat. The word is not about setting things outdoors.
一開始、開頭（幾乎都用 at/from the outset）
組成out- + set, taking the place of an older word, outsetting.
同家族的字
- setthe same set as in set out
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
outsetnoun詞源 1/ˈaʊtsɛt/
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An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
- He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.
- At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]
outsetverb詞源 2/ˈaʊtsɛt/
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CSSTo cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。