Definition of "onsets" []

• Plural form of onset. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of onset. (verb)

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• "New onsets of disease have relatively large impacts on family income and wealth in the United States, especially in the group studied herein."
• "English has a relatively complex syllable structure, while French and Spanish have far fewer consonant clusters, so that their vowel onsets are closer together."
• "Even here the clamour of battle had subsided into the shifting murmur of recoil between onsets, and even that subdued, to keep the hearing sharp and ready for the next alarm."