advent
IPA: ˈædvɛnt
noun
- Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears.
- (Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
- (Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
- A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England; derived from Saint Adwen or Adwenna.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church.
verb
- To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.
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Examples of "advent" in Sentences
- This predated the advent of the automobile.
- The supremacy lasted until the advent of the hero.
- This is the principle behind the advent of the cars.
- This was the advent of the portable or moveable frame.
- The advent of the Huns was caused by climatic changes.
- This becomes clear with the advent of the queue mania.
- With the advent of diesels, the electrification was dropped.
- The bridge was designed prior to the advent of the automobile.
- It also intermingled with the advent of the transcluded option.
- The first such improvement came with the advent of the transistor.
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