advent
pronunciation
How to pronounce advent in British English:
UK [ˈædvent]
How to pronounce advent in American English:
US [ˈædvent]
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- Noun:
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
Word Origin
- advent (n.)
- "important arrival," 1742, an extended sense of Advent "season before Christmas" (Old English), from Latin adventus "a coming, approach, arrival," in Church Latin "the coming of the Savior," from past participle stem of advenire "arrive, come to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + venire "to come" (see venue). In English, also sometimes extended to the Pentecost.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The advent of the obama administration has also helped .
- 2. But with the advent of the tablet craze in 2010 , netbook sales increased only 1.3 million in 2010 .
- 3. Quickbird 's view of the shi lang serves as today 's offering from the cosmic log space advent calendar , which features an image of earth from space every day from now until christmas .
- 4. With the advent of internet technologies , that community can be global .
- 5. The advent of gst provides a chance to abolish it altogether .