onset

UK
/ˈɒn.sɛt/
US
/ˈɑn.sɛt/
onsetsubstantiv
onsets
Pl.
UK
/ˈɒn.sɛt/
US
/ˈɑn.sɛt/
Übersetzungen
The onset of winter was sudden and unexpected.
Начало зимы было внезапным и неожиданным.
The onset of the disease was rapid and severe.
Наступление болезни было быстрым и тяжелым.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
Definitionen
The beginning or start of something, especially something unpleasant.
The onset of winter brought cold temperatures and snow.
An attack or assault, especially a vigorous one.
The castle was prepared for the onset of the enemy forces.
In phonology, the consonant or consonant cluster that precedes the nucleus of a syllable.
In the syllable "spring", the /spr/ consonant cluster is the onset.
onsetadjektiv
UK
/ˈɒn.sɛt/
US
/ˈɑn.sɛt/
Used attributively to modify nouns with the sense of ‘initial’ or ‘at the start’ (e.g., onset time, onset age).
Definitionen
Occurring at or relating to the very beginning; initial.
The study focused on the onset phase of the reaction.