Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɒnˌsɛt/ attention en
- (America) IPA: /ˈɔnˌsɛt/ attention en
- (America, cot-caught) IPA: /ˈɑnˌsɛt/ attention en
onset (plural onsets)
- (archaic) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i]:
- Heralds, from off our towers, we might behold
From first to last, the onset and retire
Of both your armies
, - Who on that day the word of onset gave.
- (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- the onset of schizophrenia
- (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
- Antonyms: coda
- Coordinate terms: nucleus#English|nucleus, coda#English|coda
- holonyms en
- (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
- A setting about; a beginning.
- Synonyms: start, beginning, Thesaurus:beginning
- the onset of puberty
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Delays
- There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
- (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- 1592, William Shakespeare , Titus Andronicus, Act 1, Scene 1
- And will with deeds requite thy gentleness:
- And, for an onset, Titus, to advance
- Thy name and honourable family,
- Lavinia will I make my empress.
- 1592, William Shakespeare , Titus Andronicus, Act 1, Scene 1
- French: assaut, attaque
- Portuguese: investida
- Russian: ата́ка
- Spanish: arremetida
- Portuguese: anábase
- Spanish: aparición
- French: attaque
- German: Silbenansatz, Silbenanfang, Silbenanlaut
- Italian: attacco
- Portuguese: ataque
- Spanish: ataque
- French: attaque
onset (onsets, present participle onsetting; past and past participle onset)
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