English dictionary: words starting with ons

noun

Abbreviation for the office for national statistics: a uk government department that collects information about the country's society and economy

Usage examples:

The ons said that unemployment rose by 2% last month.

noun

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The onset of winter

noun

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The onset of winter

noun

A worker who loads tubs into the cage at the bottom of a shaft.

adjective

Of a condition or state: beginning to develop; commencing. occasionally (in figurative use): attacking; making a violent or noisy approach.

adjective

Situated or occurring on land.

Usage examples:

An onshore oilfield

verb

Situated or occurring on land (often used in relation to the oil and gas industry).

Usage examples:

An onshore oilfield

adjective

(especially in soccer, rugby, or hockey) occupying a position where playing the ball or puck is allowed; not offside.

Usage examples:

An onside position

adverb

(especially in soccer, rugby, or hockey) in a position where playing the ball or puck is allowed; not offside.

Usage examples:

He was trying to get back onside, but williams shoved him

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

adverb

(in a theatre) on or on to the stage and so visible to the audience.

Usage examples:

This is the one and only time that they ever performed onstage together

adjective

(in a theatre) taking place on the stage and so visible to the audience.

Usage examples:

An onstage accident

noun

The farmhouse and other buildings belonging to a farm; a farmstead. also: specifically the outbuildings on a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse, or the farmhouse, as distinct from the outbuildings. compare "onset"; "stead".

noun

Onward sweep.