Onset in English dictionary

  • onset

    Meanings and definitions of "Onset"

    • (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
    • (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
    • (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
    • (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
    • (obsolete) To set about; to begin.
    • A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
    • (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
    • (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
    • noun
      A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
    • noun
      (medicine)
      The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
    • noun
      (phonology)
      The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
    • noun
      (acoustics)
      The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A setting about; a beginning.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
    • noun
      the start (of something)
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To assault; to set upon.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To set about; to begin.
    • rushing or setting upon
    • phonology: initial portion of a syllable
    • noun
      (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
    • noun
      the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

    Synonyms of "Onset" in English dictionary

    onslaught, oncoming, attack are the top synonyms of "Onset" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Onset

    • onset ( plural  onsets)
    • onset ( third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)
    • onset (plural onsets)
    • onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)
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