attack; beginning
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Onset Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Onset Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To set about; to begin.
To set about; to begin.
(v. t.)
To assault; to set upon.
To assault; to set upon.
(n.)
Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
(n.)
A setting about; a beginning.
A setting about; a beginning.
(n.)
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
onset
\on"set`\ (?), n. [on + set.]
1. a rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. the onset and retire of both your armies. who on that day the word of onset gave.
2. a setting about; a beginning. [obs.] there is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
3. anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. [obs.]
onset
\on"set`\, v. t. 1. to assault; to set upon. [obs.]
2. to set about; to begin. [obs.] arew.
similar words(6)
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adult-onset diabetes mellitus
growth-onset diabetes
maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
maturity-onset diabetes
juvenile-onset diabetes
An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification
Diebyd = n. onset, assault
Ergyrch = n. an onset, an attack
Ergyrchu = v. to make an onset
Ffwyr = n. a drive, an onset
Gosod = n. a placing; a statute, an ordinance; a position; an onset
Gyr = n. a drive; an impulse; an onset, a drove
Hwrdd = a push, a thrust; a butt; an onset; a ram
Lluchynt = n. a violent onset
Noun
1. the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"
(synonym) oncoming
(hypernym) start
2. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
(synonym) attack, onslaught, onrush
(hypernym) operation, military operation
(hyponym) ground attack
(part-meronym) assault
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Onset Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Onset Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Onset may refer to:
- Onset (audio), the beginning of a musical note or sound
- Interonset interval, a term in music
- Syllable onset, a term in phonetics and phonology
- Onset, Massachusetts, village in the United States
- Onset Island (Massachusetts), a small island located at the western end of the Cape Cod Canal
- The Onset, Liverpool indie rock group formed by Mike Badger of the La's
- , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
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