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onsetting

onsetting noun: an onset; a beginning. Also the present participle and gerund of onset.

Noun

onsetting (plural onsettings)

  1. (obsolete) An onset; a beginning.
    • Etymological figures are sundry kinds of changings, and outcastings, or onsettings, of breathsounds and clippings, in the forms of words.1854, William Barnes, A Philological Grammar

Also used as

onsetting is also the present participle and gerund of onset.

Forms of onsetting

pluralonsettings

Questions about onsetting

What does onsetting mean?
Onsetting means an onset; a beginning.
What part of speech is onsetting?
Onsetting is a noun.
What is the plural of onsetting?
The plural of onsetting is onsettings.

Words near onsetting in the dictionary

  1. onsens
  2. onset
  3. onsets
  4. onsetter
  5. onsetters
  6. onsetting
  7. onsettings
  8. onshell
  9. onshore
  10. onshored
  11. onshores

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