English Explanatory Dictionary

advent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
verb
  1. To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.
name
  1. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
  2. The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
name
  1. A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England.

Pronunciation

/ˈæd.vɛnt/ /ˈæd.vənt/ En-advent.ogg En-us-advent.ogg

Word forms

advent advents adventing advented

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).

Synonyms

arrival approach oncome onset Christmas season Christmastime Christmastide yuletide

Related words

advene adventure beginning commencement start

Derived words

advene Advent Adventist Advent Sunday adventual Advent wreath readvent Advent Bay Advent calendar Advent candle Advent crown Adventism
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