advent
/ˈæd.vɛnt/ verb C2- To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.
He/she/it advents · Past advented · Past participle advented · -ing form adventing
Verb forms
- Base form
- advent
- He/she/it
- advents
- Past
- advented
- Past participle
- advented
- -ing form
- adventing
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Then, “Who shall have it?” “He who will come.” That was Charles the Second, whose advent was already foreseen.
The advent of the railroad and the disruption of regional commerce eventually eclipsed the grandeur of the steamboat era, transforming the bustling river into a quieter thoroughfare.
Long before the advent of digital streaming or broadcast networks, Dickens engineered the original episodic dramas that commanded national attention.
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