advent
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is…Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
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» Carriages gradually disappeared with the advent of the motorcar.
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20 sentencesCarriages gradually disappeared with the advent of the motorcar.
The tribe wasn't delighted about the advent of the peacemaker.
ruПлемя не было радо приходу миротворца. — User55521
Pottery usually appears in a culture after the advent of agriculture.
Meaning
1 sensesArrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
Ankunft
появле́ниеpojavlénije, приходprixod, прибытиеpribytije
- the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
- (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
Origin
Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).
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