outset
To cause to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being insetTo cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
» We knew it from the outset.
Wir wussten es von Anfang an.
Мы это знали с самого начала.
Мы с самого начала это знали.
Ми знали це від самого початку.
Ми це знали від самого початку.
Meaning
1 senses(Internet)To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
Examples
21 sentencesWe knew it from the outset.
Ми знали це від самого початку.
ruМы это знали с самого начала.
deWir wussten es von Anfang an.
She liked him from the outset.
ruОн ей с самого начала понравился.
deSie mochte ihn von Anfang an.
We were screwed from the outset.
I was sceptical from the outset.
ruЯ с самого начала была настроена скептически.
deIch war von vornherein skeptisch.
We liked each other from the outset.
ruМы с самого начала друг другу понравились.
deWir waren uns auf Anhieb sympathisch.
Origin
From out- + set.From out- + set.
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Forms
outsets, outsetting, outset, outsetLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle