The meeting was held as intended at the outset.
Source: tatoeba (49143)
Outset
//ˈaʊtsɛt//
Synonyms for "outset" (70 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- начало noun (initial stage of something)
Catalan
2 entries- començament noun (initial stage of something)
- inici noun (initial stage of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 開始 /开始 noun (initial stage of something)
Czech
2 entries- počátek noun (initial stage of something)
- začátek noun (initial stage of something)
French
1 entries- début noun (initial stage of something)
Georgian
1 entries- დასაწყისი noun (initial stage of something)
German
2 entries- Anfang noun (initial stage of something)
- Beginn noun (initial stage of something)
Hungarian
3 entries- eleje noun (initial stage of something)
- indulás noun (initial stage of something)
- kezdet noun (initial stage of something)
Italian
2 entries- inizio noun (initial stage of something)
- principio noun (initial stage of something)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Aunfank noun (initial stage of something)
Polish
1 entries- początek noun (initial stage of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- início noun (initial stage of something)
Russian
1 entries- нача́ло noun (initial stage of something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dol a-mach noun (initial stage of something)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- začetak noun (initial stage of something)
Spanish
1 entries- inicio noun (initial stage of something)
Turkish
2 entries- baş noun (initial stage of something)
- başlangıç noun (initial stage of something)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You should have mentioned it at the outset.
Source: tatoeba (69921)
If you want to do eye-grabbing work you have to put out something punchy at the outset. Say what you mean directly.
Source: tatoeba (270637)
At the outset of the long voyage I was seasick, but I gradually began to get my sea legs.
Source: tatoeba (278043)
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