onset

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
2. The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
3. The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
4. A setting about; a beginning.
5. (obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
6. (archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
2. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

Konzepte

Beginn

Anfang

Angriff

👊

Offensive

Silbenkopf

Anfang -s

Anfänge

Einbruch

Synonyme

beginning

start

attack

👊

onslaught

onrush

assault

commencement

inception

outset

charge

first

1st

initiation

initial

aggression

oncoming

invasion

dash

💨

brunt

opening

origin

outbreak

pileup

pounce

press

push back

rollback

rush

sally

shot

storm

strafe

strike

swoop

first part

onfall

access

first motion

initial motion

first swing

application

disease development

approach

begin

beginnings

burst

cause

eruption

from the beginning

head

incipience

Übersetzungen

début

attaque

👊

commencement

comienzo

principio

aanvang

assalto

começo

início

έναρξη

ataque

👊

begin

inizio

ataque

👊

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɒnˌsɛt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: onsettan

In summary

From on- + set. Compare Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”). For semantic parallels for the meaning to assault, compare cognate Russian насе́сть pf (naséstʹ), наседа́ть impf (nasedátʹ).