onset
5
3.5
- noun
- /ˈɑnˌsɛt/
- Specialized
:
inicio
- At the onset of her illness, she decided to see a doctor for a thorough checkup.
- onset-rime
- syllable onsets
- onset (phoneme
And then they have a rise back up right around that sleep onset.
- And then they have a rise back up right around that sleep onset.
- But for onset use, it's all quite close enough.
Examples
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And there is no doubt some lag between the onset of AIDS and an official diagnosis.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet literati were still convinced that they were witnessing the onset of an iron age of commercialism.
Academic text (1995) -
It was the onset of winter.
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With the onset of Reaganism and what was happening in the country at that time, in some ways, I think that drew Frank out of the more solipsistic darkness of what was happening in his career.
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Perhaps they hadn't minded the onset of this druggy green, sign of seniority.
Fiction book (2001) -
The teachers noticed the onset of new behaviors in their students as the school year began.
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The onset of the rainy season brought much-needed relief to the drought-stricken area.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The first part of something when it starts
∞
1.0
The time or place when something begins
64
3.9
The beginning of something, especially the first part
10
4.4
The start of something, for example an event or action
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
1
3.2
A long-term condition in adults where the body cannot use blood sugar and is often treated with diet or pills
- Specialized
1
4.1
A disease in children and young people where the body cannot control blood sugar and needs insulin
- Archaic
A long-term condition in adults that makes the body unable to use sugar well and usually needs diet and pills
- Archaic
A condition in adults where the body cannot use insulin well, causing high blood sugar
- Archaic
A long term illness in adults where the body cannot use sugar well and is treated by diet or pills
- Specialized
A common adult disease where blood sugar becomes too high and is often treated with diet and pills
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Onset keeps the idea of 'the start' from the old phrase set on, so linguists use onset for the first sound in a syllable. For example, in 'cat' the onset is the 'c' sound.