onset
/ˈɒnˌsɛt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
Countable
noun
The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
noun
A setting about; a beginning.
Example Sentences
- "the onset of schizophrenia"
- "After four days, the man claimed to be hearing hushed, unintelligible voices in his head. Assuming it was an onset of psychosis, the scientists paid little attention to the man’s concerns."
- "In mild cases of hypergonadism prior to puberty, the onset of physical and mood changes may not be abnormally early or significant enough to cause any psychological or long-term physical complications."
- "Widely credited as an early pioneer of the modern railway, Shooter died peacefully of his own choosing in Switzerland on December 13, having bravely lived with the onset of motor neurone disease in the final years of his life."
- "The only regular sources for Sardinian *θ are Lat. ci̯ and ti̯, which are absent from Latin onsets. This means that the substantial number of words starting in *θ, discussed in § 3 – 7, cannot regularly continue a Latin form."
- "the onset of puberty"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɒnˌsɛt/