Onset – The start of something (usually unpleasant)
(Pronounced on-set)
To remember the definition of the word onset, use the following mnemonic:
On the television set (onset) there was the start of a really unpleasant show.
Examples of onset in a sentence
The new treatment can delay the onset of the disease by several years.
Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.
The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.
