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.
» Carriages gradually disappeared with the advent of the motorcar.
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1 sensesArrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
- the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
- (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
Examples
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.
The advent of stormtroopers brought about a turn in trench warfare.
The advent of the euro is the beacon for the new millennium.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).
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