ONSET meaning: Beginning or start of something

We found 34 dictionaries that define the word onset:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

onset: Merriam-Webster.com
onset: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
onset: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
onset: Collins English Dictionary
onset: Vocabulary.com
Onset, onset: Wordnik
onset: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
onset: Wiktionary
onset: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
onset: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
onset: Infoplease Dictionary
onset: Dictionary.com
onset (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
onset: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Onset (audio), Onset, The Onset: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Onset: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
onset: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
onset: Rhymezone
onset: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
onset: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
onset: Free Dictionary
onset: Mnemonic Dictionary
onset: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
onset: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
Onset: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)

onset: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

onset: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

Onset: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
onset: Medical dictionary
Onset: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (archaic) An attack; an assault especially 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:  A setting about; a beginning.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

Opposite:

cessation, conclusion, end, termination, finale

Types:

acute, subacute, chronic, progressive, relapsing, remitting, benign, malignant, more...

Phrases:

early onset, Sleep onset, adult onset, adult onset diabetes, juvenile onset diabetes, more...

Adjectives:

sudden, rapid, early, acute, first, abrupt, insidious, gradual, late, recent, slow

Colors:

crimson, scarlet, vermilion, ruby, garnet, maroon, burgundy, carmine, rose, coral

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