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(ŏn'sĕt', ôn'-) 
n.
n.
- An onslaught; an assault.
- A beginning; a start: the onset of a cold.
- Linguistics. The part of a syllable that precedes the nucleus. In the word nucleus (nū'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.
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onset
noun
- The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onslaught, strike. See attack/defend.
- The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, opening, origin, outset, spring, start. See start/end.
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onset
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Definition: beginning; attack
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination
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Onset may refer to:
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- 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
- USS Onset (SP-1224), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
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Onset
Dansk (Danish)
n. - angreb, anfald, begyndelse
Nederlands (Dutch)
aanvang, aanval, aanzet
Français (French)
n. - début, commencement, approche
Deutsch (German)
n. - Beginn, Ausbruch, (Sturm)angriff
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έφοδος, εφόρμηση (κν. γιουρούσι), επίθεση, έναρξη, επέλευση
Italiano (Italian)
inizio, assalto
Português (Portuguese)
n. - ataque (m), início (m)
Русский (Russian)
начало, заря
Español (Spanish)
n. - principio, comienzo, ataque, acceso
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anfall, angrepp, stormning, ansats, början
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
攻击, 肇端, 进攻
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 攻擊, 肇端, 進攻
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 襲撃, 攻撃, 始まり, 開始
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بدايه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - התחלה, התקפה נמרצת
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