Antonyms for advent
ˈæd vɛntad·vent

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1. Adventnoun

   The first or the expected second coming of Christ.

   Synonyms:
   oncome, approach, onset, arrival

2. Adventnoun

   The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.

   Synonyms:
   Christmas season, Christmastide, holiday season, yuletide

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1. advent

   Antonyms:
   departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance

   Synonyms:
   approach, arrival, accession, coming

Matched Categories

1. • Christian Theology
   • Arrival
   • Manifestation
   • Season

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1. advent, comingnoun

   arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

   "the advent of the computer"

   Synonyms:
   approach, approaching, coming, orgasm, climax, sexual climax

2. Adventnoun

   the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

   Synonyms:
   coming

3. Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousianoun

   (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

   Synonyms:
   coming

How to use advent in a sentence?

1. Edsger W. Dijkstra:

   The argument against recursive procedures was always an efficiency argument: non-re-entrant code could be executed so much more efficiently. But with the advent of multiprogramming another need for felxible storage allocation has emerged. And if there are still machines in which the use of recursive routines is punished by too heavy a penalty, then I would venture the opinion that the structure of such a machine should now be called somewhat old-fashioned.

2. Mick Fleetwood:

   Obviously, this is a huge change with the advent of Lindsey Buckingham not being a part of Fleetwood Mac. We all wish him well and all the rest of it.

3. Sir. Barron Qasem II:

   I used to think that people were slightly stupid, but my perspective changed after the advent of social networking sites.

4. Fadel Zeidan:

   All the anesthesiologists we’re working with were blown away, for thousands of years, Buddhist monks have said that meditation reduces pain in a unique fashion. With the advent of neuroimaging and pharmacologic studies, only recently have we been able to examine and potentially verify what they’re saying.

5. Elon Musk:

   The reason that we’re doing Tesla is to try accelerate the advent of sustainable transport, to have their be more electric cars on the road.

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