Word Meaning

onset definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for onset

- A start
- An attack
- Beginning
- Beginning of something
- Charge
- Commencement
- Early stages
- Early stages or new start, evenly timed
- Outbreak
- Outbreak is on television
- Set in stone in the beginning
- Start (of disease)
- Start (of illness)
- Start where filming is underway?
- Violent attack