IELTS Anvil

outset

CEFR: C1

The very beginning, start, or initial inception of a process or historical era.

Synonyms

commencement
inception

Common Collocations

from the outset
at the outset
from the very outset

Example Sentence

Project managers should establish transparent ethical guidelines from the very outset of software development.

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