onset

(ŏn'sĕt', ôn'-)
n.

1. An onslaught; an assault.
2. A beginning; a start: the onset of a cold.
3. 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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noun

1. The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onslaught, strike. See attack/defend.
2. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, opening, origin, outset, spring, start. See start/end.

n

Definition: beginning; attack
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination

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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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 습격, 징후, 개시

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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