ALL meanings of onset
on·set
O o - noun onset start, beginning 1
- noun onset attack 1
- noun onset The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant. 1
- noun onset a beginning or start: the onset of winter. 1
- noun onset an assault or attack: an onset of the enemy. 1
- noun onset Phonetics. the segment of a syllable preceding the nucleus, as the gr in great. Compare coda (def 5), core1 (def 14). 1
- singular noun onset The onset of something is the beginning of it, used especially to refer to something unpleasant. 0
- noun onset an attack; assault 0
- noun onset a start; beginning 0
- noun onset a beginning; start 0