Daily Almanac for
Feb 12, 2012
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
| Share
 

Dictionary


on•set



Pronunciation: (on'set", ôn'-), [key]
—n.
1. a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
2. an assault or attack: an onset of the enemy.
3. Phonet.the segment of a syllable preceding the nucleus, as the gr in great. Cf. coda (def. 5), core (def. 14).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

on-seasononshore
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark
See also:

 

Related Content
A free, reliable Q&A site for homework help. Answerplease.com