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单词 onsets
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onset

noun

on·​set ˈȯn-ˌset How to pronounce onset (audio)
ˈän-
1
: attack, assault
withstand the onset of the army
2
: beginning, commencement
the onset of winter
the onset of age-related diseases

Synonyms

  • aggression
  • assault
  • attack
  • attempt
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • charge
  • coup de main
  • descent
  • offense
  • offence
  • offensive
  • onslaught
  • raid
  • rush
  • strike
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Example Sentences

the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion the claim that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1522, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

onset

noun

on·​set ˈȯn-ˌset How to pronounce onset (audio)
ˈän-
1
: beginning sense 1
the onset of winter
2
: attack entry 2 sense 1

Medical Definition

onset

noun

on·​set ˈȯn-ˌset, ˈän- How to pronounce onset (audio)
: the initial existence or symptoms of a disease
the onset of scarlet fever

onsets

noun

plural of onset
1
as in attacks
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • attacks
  • onslaughts
  • assaults
  • raids
  • strikes
  • offensives
  • offenses
  • aggressions
  • attempts
  • bombardments
  • incursions
  • invasions
  • blitzkriegs
  • descents
  • counterattacks
  • blitzes
  • rushes
  • ambushes
  • offences
  • charges
  • ambuscades
  • barrages
  • bombings
  • ravages
  • coups de main
  • envelopments
  • sallies
  • sieges
  • breakthroughs
  • counterstrikes
  • volleys
  • storms
  • counteroffensives
  • counter-attacks
  • fusillades
  • forays
  • sorties
  • cannonades
  • counter-strikes
  • salvos
  • counteraggressions
  • counter-assaults
  • air raids
  • pillages
  • counter-aggressions
  • counterassaults
  • salvoes
  • whammies
  • sacks
  • hails

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • defenses
  • oppositions
  • resistances
  • shields
  • guards
  • securities
  • defensives
  • protections
  • shelters
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2
as in beginnings
the point at which something begins the claim that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • beginnings
  • starts
  • inceptions
  • commencements
  • alphas
  • launches
  • geneses
  • thresholds
  • baselines
  • outsets
  • infancies
  • dawns
  • births
  • mornings
  • originations
  • incipiencies
  • nascencies
  • incipiences
  • nascences
  • day ones
  • kickoffs
  • inaugurations
  • origins
  • initiations
  • emergences
  • first bases
  • arrivals
  • get-goes
  • git-goes
  • ground zeros
  • childhoods
  • drawing boards
  • springs
  • germs
  • sources
  • openings
  • advents
  • square ones
  • wells
  • institutions
  • youths
  • creations
  • cradles
  • debuts
  • fountains
  • appearances
  • wellsprings
  • roots
  • fountainheads
  • seedbeds
  • débuts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • endings
  • ends
  • conclusions
  • periods
  • closes
  • terminations
  • stops
  • closings
  • closures
  • completions
  • cessations
  • finishes
  • finales
  • omegas
  • windups
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