different between outset vs debut

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?ts?t/

Etymology 1

From out- +? set, replacing earlier outsetting.

Noun

outset (plural outsets)

1. The beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]

   He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “outset”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Etymology 2

From out- +? set.

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• Stoute, Tetsuo, set out, setout

English

Alternative forms

• début

Etymology

From French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *but? (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eud- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?bju?/, /?de?bju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /de??bju?/
• (Filipino Diaspora) IPA^(key): /d??bu?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??b??/, /?dæ?b??/, /?dæ?bj??/

Noun

debut (plural debuts)

1. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
   • 2016 September 29, Jason Keller, Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks, CBC (Canada):

     Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks.

2. (also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.

   Coordinate term: sophomore

3. The first appearance of a debutante in society.

Usage notes

• British English favours "on one's debut" where North American English favours "in one's debut" in sense "during"; see quotations above.

Translations

Verb

debut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted)

1. (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public

2. (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance

Translations

Related terms

• debutant
• debutante

Anagrams

• tubed

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /d??but/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de?but/

Noun

debut m (plural debuts)

1. debut (a performer's first appearance in public)

Related terms

• debutant
• debutar

Further reading

• “debut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

From French début.

Noun

debut m

1. debut

Synonyms

• po?átek

Related terms

• debutant, debutantka
• debutovat

Further reading

• debut in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• debut in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From French début (“debut”).

Noun

debut c (singular definite debuten or debut'en, plural indefinite debuter or debut'er)

1. debut

Inflection

Further reading

• “debut” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French début

Noun

debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debuter, definite plural debutene)

1. a debut

Related terms

• debutant
• debutere

References

• “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French début

Noun

debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debutar, definite plural debutane)

1. a debut

Related terms

• debutant
• debutere

References

• “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French début

Noun

debut n (plural debuturi)

1. debut
2. outbreak

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French début (“debut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?bu/, [d?e???u]

• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /de?but/, [d?e???ut?]

Noun

debut m (plural debuts)

1. debut

Related terms

• debutar

Further reading

• “debut” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From French début (“first throw or shot in a ball game”).

Noun

debut c

1. a debut

Declension

Related terms

• debutant
• debutera

Anagrams

• budet