Dictionary Entry
onset
onset is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- 2noun
A setting about; a beginning.
- 3noun
Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- 4transitive verb
To assault; to set upon.
- 5transitive verb
To set about; to begin.
- 6noun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
"the attack began at dawn"
- 7noun
the beginning or early stages
"the onset of pneumonia"
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