Onset
['ɒnset] or ['ɑnsɛt]
Definition
(noun.) the beginning or early stages; 'the onset of pneumonia'.
Checked by Jean--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
(n.) A setting about; a beginning.
(n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
(v. t.) To assault; to set upon.
(v. t.) To set about; to begin.
Typist: Patricia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Attack, assault, charge, storm, storming, first brunt.
Inputed by Giles
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ATTACK]
Editor: Miles
Definition
n. violent attack: assault: storming.
Inputed by Inez
Examples
- We cannot foretell the scope and power of such a revival; we cannot even produce evidence of its onset. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had other foes besides the British to engage, or were preparing for a final onset. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Two choice regiments, recently arrived from Lombardy, led the onset, rending the air with their shouts and confident of an easy victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His regiment had performed prodigies of courage, and had withstood for a while the onset of the whole French army. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But if I fought not at sword's point, you will grant me that I sounded the onset. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Was it his successful onset which had elated him, or the satisfaction of helping Mary's father? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At its onset, power-driven machinery did not seem to promise any release from such unintelligent toil. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hurlbut was in rear of Prentiss, massed, and in reserve at the time of the onset. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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