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onset::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | attack, onrush, onslaught |
| Type of | operation, military operation |
| Has types | bombardment, bombing, charge, counterattack, countermove, coup de main, diversion, diversionary attack, fire, firing, ground attack, incursion, strike, surprise attack, penetration, banzai charge, blitzkrieg, banzai attack, blitz, strafe |
Examples of onset
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Gas-guzzling muscle cars died out with the onset of the oil shocks of the 1970s.
From the businessweek.com
Those that were not died in a mass extinction that heralded the ice age's onset.
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Rafe is good, but his amorous attentions at the onset keep him from being great.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Maybe it was the onset of a cold or that flu going around, she and Doug thought.
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Metabolic consequences of the early onset of obesity in common marmoset monkeys.
From the sciencedaily.com
Images were available from early June at the onset of the Southeast Asia floods.
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However key lifestyle changes can perhaps help prevent the onset of the disease.
From the express.co.uk
Tone onset occurred 20 or 100 ms after the start of nucleus basalis stimulation.
From the nature.com
He speaks about the onset of Alzheimer's and his evolving relationship with Dad.
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- The beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"
- Attack: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
- Onset refers to the beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak. It is related to (but different from) the concept of a transient: all musical notes have an onset, but do not necessarily include an initial transient.
- In phonetics and phonology, a syllable onset is the part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus.
- Onset is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wareham in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2000 census.
- The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's. Mike teamed up with local Liverpool legend Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on Piano and Colin Becket on Drums. ...
- The Onset is the third album released by Mike Badger and The Onset. It was released by the Generator Label in 2005. The CD presents a selection of songs recorded during the period 1989 to 1994.
- A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army; The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent; The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus; The beginning of a musical note or other ...
- The initial consonant sound(s) in a monosyllabic word. This unit is smaller than a syllable but may be larger than a phoneme (the onset of bag is b-; of swim is sw-).
