The meaning of Advent

verb

Move forwards in a purposeful way.

Usage examples:

He advanced towards the dispatch box

noun

A forward movement.

Usage examples:

The rebels' advance on madrid was well under way

adjective

Done, sent, or supplied beforehand.

Usage examples:

Advance notice

noun

The way that someone or something looks.

Usage examples:

She checked her appearance in the mirror

noun

The way a person or thing looks or seems to other people

Usage examples:

The most striking feature of his appearance was his long hair., her only screen appearances were in…

verb

Come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

Usage examples:

The train approached the main line

noun

A way of dealing with a situation or problem.

Usage examples:

We need a whole new approach to the job

verb

Move towards

noun

The action or process of arriving.

Usage examples:

Ruth's arrival in new york

noun

The act of someone or something that reaches a place or comes into existence, or a person or thing that reaches a place

Usage examples:

[ u ] the arrival of the railroad changed the western us., [ u ] the arrival of the new year was gr…

noun

The act of coming to a place

Usage examples:

Two hours after the arrival of 500,000 newspapers, they are sorted into bundles for 2,000 newsagent…

noun

The emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being.

Usage examples:

He was blind from birth

verb

Give birth to (a baby or other young).

Usage examples:

She birthed five children within ten years

adjective

Due to happen or just beginning.

Usage examples:

Work is due to start in the coming year

noun

An arrival or approach.

Usage examples:

The coming of a new age

verb

Move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker.

Usage examples:

Jessica came into the kitchen

noun

The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.

Usage examples:

He set off at dawn

verb

(of a day) begin.

Usage examples:

Thursday dawned bright and sunny

noun

The process of developing or being developed.

Usage examples:

She traces the development of the novel

noun

The process of growing or changing and becoming more advanced

Usage examples:

[ u ] a good diet and lots of exercise are essential for a child’s healthy growth and development.,…

noun

Growth or changes that make something become more advanced

Usage examples:

The first year of the plan is primarily focused on organizational development., he was recruited to…

noun

The process of becoming visible after being concealed.

Usage examples:

I misjudged the timing of my emergence

noun

The process of appearing

Usage examples:

The agreement set the stage for the company's emergence from bankruptcy., the emergence of a pandem…

verb

Appear as a vague form, especially one that is large or threatening.

Usage examples:

Vehicles loomed out of the darkness

adjective

(of an event) seemingly about to happen and regarded as ominous or worrying.

Usage examples:

The looming threat of social unrest

adjective

Appearing as a vague or shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening.

Usage examples:

He almost expected to see jason's looming figure suddenly appear

noun

An occasion when someone or something appears, often suddenly

Usage examples:

The book charts the earth's evolution up until the materialization of homo sapiens., a little stran…

verb

Come near to; approach.

Usage examples:

Soon the cab would be nearing oxford street

adverb

At or to a short distance away; nearby.

Usage examples:

A bomb exploded somewhere near

adverb

A short time away in the future.

Usage examples:

His retirement was drawing near

noun

An incident or event.

Usage examples:

Vandalism used to be a rare occurrence

noun

The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

Usage examples:

His theory of the origin of life

noun

The thing from which something comes, or the place where it began

Usage examples:

[ c ] the origins of language, [ u ] he studied the origin and development of the nervous system., …

noun

The beginning or cause of something

Usage examples:

The origins of this practice date back to the time of the depression., whether entrepreneurs are se…

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

verb

Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.

Usage examples:

He surfaced from his dive

noun

The outside part or uppermost layer of something.

Usage examples:

The earth's surface

noun

A continuous set of points that has length and breadth but no thickness.

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Among closed surfaces, spherical, flat, and hyperbolic geometry are mutually exclusive.