Onset

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  • noun. The beginning or start of something.
  • noun. The part of a syllable that precedes the nucleus. In the word nucleus (noo͞′klē-əs), the onset of the first syllable is (n), the onset of the second syllable is (kl), and the last syllable has no onset.
  • noun. An attack by military forces; an assault.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rushing or setting upon; attack; assault; especially, the assault of an army or body of troops upon an enemy or a fort, or the order for such an assault.
  • noun. Start; beginning; initial step or stage; outset.
  • noun. An attack of any kind: as, the impetuous onset of grief.
  • noun. Something set on or added by way of ornament.
  • To assault; begin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To assault; to set upon.
  • transitive verb. To set about; to begin.
  • noun. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
  • noun. A setting about; a beginning; -- used especially of diseases or pathological symptoms.
  • noun. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
  • noun. The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
  • noun. The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
  • noun. The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
  • noun. A setting about; a beginning.
  • noun. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
  • verb. To assault; to set upon.
  • verb. To set about; to begin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the beginning or early stages
  • noun. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  • Word Usage
    "This is facilitated by a standardized definition of possible yellow fever cases, such as “acute fever followed by jaundice within two weeks of onset of symptoms with bleeding symptoms or with death within three weeks of onset”."
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