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outset  
If something happens at the outset of an event, process, or period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If something happens from the outset it happens from the beginning and continues to happen. 
at the outset/from the outset  phrase PHR after v, PHR cl 
Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow..., From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.