Advent

Quick meaning: Advent is a noun meaning Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.

Meaning

Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.

More Meanings

1. To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.

Example Sentences

Death's dreadful advent

Berlin's six-decade career began before the advent of radio and ended during the height of Beatlemania.

At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.

2014 Adam Pryor. The god who lives. In the flesh, self and world are always coming-to-be, adventing, in an intimate reciprocity to one another.

Word Forms

• advents
• adventing
• advented

Synonyms for advent

Depending on context, synonyms include arrival, approach, oncome, onset, coming.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coming, beginning, inception, arrival, start, approach.

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