Onset - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɑːnset|
Brit.
|ˈɒnset|
noun
- the beginning or early stages (syn: oncoming)
the onset of pneumonia
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) (syn: attack, onrush, onslaught)Extra examples
...the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion...
...the claim that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster...
The enemy had to withdraw before the onset of winter.
...symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset...
Word forms
noun
singular: onset
plural: onsets
singular: onset
plural: onsets
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