advent

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæd.vɛnt/, /ˈæd.vənt/

Noun

advent (plural advents)

1. arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears

   • Death's dreadful advent

   • 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, page 3:

     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.

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, gbooks :

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

Synonyms

• (coming) arrival, approach, oncome, onset

Related terms

• advene
• adventure

Translations

• French: arrivée
• German: Ankunft
• Italian: avvento
• Portuguese: chegada, vinda, advento
• Russian: появле́ние
• Spanish: advenimiento, venida

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Advent

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Proper noun

1. (Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
2. (Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.

Synonyms

• (season) Christmas season, Christmastide, yuletide; holiday season (secular)

Related terms

• Adventist
• Advent Sunday
• Advent wreath

Translations

• Russian: прише́ствие
• Spanish: Adviento

Translations

• French: Avent
• German: Advent
• Italian: Avvento
• Portuguese: Advento
• Russian: Адве́нт
• Spanish: Adviento

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