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outsetting

outsetting is the present participle and gerund of outset.

Meaning of outset

Verb

outset (third-person singular simple present outsets, present participle outsetting, simple past and past participle outset)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.

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Noun

outsetting (plural outsettings)

  1. Start, originally of a journey; outset, beginning.
    • He [...] valued himſelf, that he only wanted Cæſar's out-ſetting, to make a figure among his contemporaries.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, pages 67–68
    • As it appeared, there was to be no loss of time in the outsetting.1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates' Hope, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 32

Forms of outsetting

pluraloutsettings

Questions about outsetting

What does outsetting mean?
Outsetting means start, originally of a journey; outset, beginning.
What is outsetting the present participle and gerund of?
Outsetting is the present participle and gerund of outset.
What part of speech is outsetting?
Outsetting is a noun.
What is the plural of outsetting?
The plural of outsetting is outsettings.

Words near outsetting in the dictionary

  1. outserving
  2. outset
  3. outsets
  4. outsetter
  5. outsetters
  6. outsetting
  7. outsettings
  8. outsettlement
  9. outsettlements
  10. outsettler
  11. outsettlers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outsetting (page history and authors); outset (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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