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How to pronounce advent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms coming
Type of arrival, reaching


the advent of the computer.
Type Words
Synonyms parousia, second advent, second coming, second coming of christ
Type Words
Type of season

Examples of advent

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Rugby's decline can be traced to the advent of professionalism in the mid-1990s.
From the time.com
Fair Trade chocolate advent calendar will make a great holiday gift for foodies.
From the dailynews.com
Look at the mobile Internet from the late 90s until the advent of the app store.
From the avc.com
With the advent of fracking, the oil rush into North Dakota has been relentless.
From the guardian.co.uk
With the advent of the Internet, the multiple publication rule has caused havoc.
From the techcrunch.com
Today, 16 years after the advent of black-majority rule, English reigns supreme.
From the economist.com
Egregious government bureaucracy cast shadow in the advent of Indosat's new era.
From the imo.thejakartapost.com
Luckily, the advent of powerful desktop computers makes this easy to accomplish.
From the time.com
Sulze placed candles, an advent wreath, a crucifix and several statues of Jesus.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"
  • The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
  • Second Coming: (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
  • Advent (from the Latin word adventus meaning "coming") is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. ...
  • Advent is a Kernersville, North Carolina-based hardcore punk band currently signed to Solid State Records. The band features former members Beloved, and is considered a pseudo-continuation of Beloved. The band has released two albums under the label Solid State Records.
  • Advent:Publishers is a publishing house founded by Earl Kemp and other members of the University of Chicago Science Fiction Club in 1956, to publish criticism, history, and bibliography of the science fiction field, beginning with James Blish's The Issue at Hand. ...
  • The Advent is a British electronic music act. It was originally founded in 1993 by Cisco Ferreira and Colin McBean. ...
  • The Advent is a quarterly magazine produced by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and is "Dedicated to the Exposition of Sri Aurobindo's Vision of the Future". The first issue appeared on 21 February 1944. Early issues were printed in Madras, later on publication was relocated to the ashram at Pondicherry.
  • Coming; coming to; approach; arrival