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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•vent /ˈædvɛnt/USA pronunciation n. - an arrival;
appearance;
commencement:[countable]the advent of the holiday season. - [proper noun* usually: Advent]
- the coming of Christ into the world.
- Religionthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas commemorating the Advent of Christ.
See -ven-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•vent (ad′vent),USA pronunciation n. - a coming into place, view, or being;
arrival:the advent of the holiday season. - (usually cap.) the coming of Christ into the world.
- (cap.) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.
- (usually cap.) See Second Coming.
- Latin adventus arrival, approach, equivalent. to ad- ad- + ven- (stem of venīre to come) + -tus suffix of verbal action
- Middle English 1125–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged onset, beginning, commencement, start.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: advent /ˈædvɛnt -vənt/ n - an arrival or coming, esp one which is awaited
Etymology: 12th Century: from Latin adventus, from advenīre, from ad- to + venīre to come Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Advent /ˈædvɛnt -vənt/ n - the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas or (in Eastern Orthodox churches) the forty days preceding Christmas
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