onset
US: /ˈɑnˌsɛt/, /ˈɔnˌsɛt/
UK: /ˈɒnsɛt/
UK: /ˈɒnsɛt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
onset /'ɔnset/
- danh từ
- sự tấn công, sự công kích
- lúc bắt đầu
- at the first onset: ngay từ lúc bắt đầu
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[sing.] the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant: the onset of disease / old age / winter
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 attack, assault, onrush, onslaught, charge, strike, hit, raid, storming, sally, sortie:
These troops had to bear the brunt of the onset.
2 beginning, start, outset, initiation, inauguration, commencement, inception, dawn, birth, origin, genesis, appearance, debut:
We must leave before the onset of the monsoon season. The sudden onset of a new policy will throw the ministers into a panic.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
rapid, sudden
the sudden onset of the disease
| slow | early | delayed, late
VERB + ONSET
delay | mark
His first hit record marked the onset of an astonishing career.
PREP.
after the ~
after the onset of sleep
| at the ~
at the onset of the war
| before/prior to the ~, since the ~
Concise English dictionary
onsets'ɑnset /'ɒn-
noun
+the beginning or early stages
+(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
