different between outset vs outbreak
outset
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?ts?t/
Etymology 1
From out- +? set, replacing earlier outsetting.
Noun
outset (plural outsets)
- 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)
- (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
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outbreak
English
Etymology
From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ?t?brecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- +? break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out; burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?tb?e?k/
- Hyphenation: out?break
Noun
outbreak (plural outbreaks)
- An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
- Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
- (figuratively) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
- There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
- A sudden increase.
- There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- A geological layer that breaks out.
Synonyms
- (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult
Antonyms
- inbreak
Translations
Verb
outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)
- (intransitive) To burst out.
- (intransitive) To break forth.
See also
- breakout
Anagrams
- break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake
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