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advent

ad·vent

UK/ˈæd.vɛnt/ US/ˈæd.vənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

  • “the advent of the computer”
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2.

the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

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Origin

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

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