Advent
['ædvɛnt]
Definition
(noun.) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); 'the advent of the computer'.
(noun.) the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas.
Checker: Shelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
(n.) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
(n.) Coming; any important arrival; approach.
Edited by Angus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Arrival, coming, approach.[2]. Coming of Christ.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Approach, arrival, accession, coming
ANT:Departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
n. a coming or arrival: the first or the second coming of Christ: the period immediately before the festival of the Nativity including four Sundays—from the first after St Andrew's Day (November 30) to Christmas eve.—n. Ad′ventist one who believes in the second coming of Christ to set up a kingdom on the earth: a millenarian—adj. Advent′ual (obs.) relating to Advent.
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Examples
- Yet, as far as she was concerned, could I lament that she was removed in early youth from the certain advent of misery? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So rude was the native culture of the Romans that it is doubtful whether they had any schools before the advent of Greek learning. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But all this has been changed by the advent of the reaper, and ere long the grain cradle will hang on the walls of the museum as an ethnological specimen only. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The advent of firearms has changed all this. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This fierce green warrior had been the first to greet me that day, now twenty years gone, which had witnessed my first advent upon Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was to be within a few hours, had your advent not caused an interruption of their plans. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The labor involved in the care of numerous stoves is considerable, and hence the advent of a central heating stove, or furnace, was a great saving in strength and fuel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But there was only one circumstance which could dislodge him, and that was the advent of a greater man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The advent of the explosion? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The sudden advent of the ape had confused her to such an extent that she thought now that he was bearing her toward the beach. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With the advent of the dynamo, however, the electric light grew rapidly and developed into conspicuous use. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I accept it, Jane; let the daughter have free advent--my arms wait to receive her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- No: only the advent of Betteredge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Before the advent of the American, the medium of exchange between the Indian and the white man was pelts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The advent of refrigeration, however, really marked the beginning of the modern packing era. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Sherman