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What is the noun for onset?

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onset
  1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
  2. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
  3. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
  4. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
  5. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
  6. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
  7. the start (of something)
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “He has produced a set of seven steps to keep your mind nimble, steps which may even postpone the onset of dementia, but which at least will probably give your mind a lift.”
      “The onset of the crowd upon the tables was frightful.”
      “The rioters made an onset on the Castle gate, where the Provost was still in shelter.”
onsetter
  1. (mining, historical, Britain, dialect, Northern England) A worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter.”
onsetter
  1. (medicine) One who undergoes the onset of a condition.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter.”
onsetting
  1. (obsolete) onset; beginning
onsettings
  1. plural of onsetting
onsetters
  1. plural of onsetter
onsets
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