advent; approach

advent; approach
إِقْبال \ advent; approach.

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  • Advent — Ad vent, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See {Advene}.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Advent Sunday — Advent Ad vent, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See {Advene}.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • approach — [n1] way, means of arriving access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way; concepts 159,501 Ant. departure, distancing, leaving approach [n2] request,… …   New thesaurus

  • advent — (n.) important arrival, 1742, an extended sense of Advent season before Christmas (Old English), from L. adventus a coming, approach, arrival, in Church Latin the coming of the Savior, from pp. stem of advenire arrive, come to, from ad to (see AD …   Etymology dictionary

  • advent — *arrival Analogous words: coming, arriving (see COME): approaching, nearing (see APPROACH vb): appearing, emerging (see APPEAR) Antonyms: leaving, passing …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • advent — [n] beginning or arrival of something anticipated appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation; concepts 119,159 Ant. departure, end …   New thesaurus

  • approach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. accost, confront, encounter (See contact); draw near, approach. n. access, avenue, ingress; bid, offer; fashion, manner, method; nearing, approach. Ant., withdraw, recede. II Motion toward Nouns… …   English dictionary for students

  • Approach — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion towards. < N PARAG:Approach >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 approach approach approximation appropinquation Sgm: N 1 access access Sgm: N 1 appulse appulse Sgm: N 1 afflux afflux affluxion …   English dictionary for students

  • advent — noun /ˈæd.vɛnt/ a) Coming; coming to; approach; arrival. At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office boy. b) See Advent. Syn: arrival, appr …   Wiktionary

  • advent — /ad vent/, n. 1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season. 2. (usually cap.) the coming of Christ into the world. 3. (cap.) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the …   Universalium

  • advent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. arrival; coming. See approach. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. approach, coming, appearance; see arrival 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [ADD vent] the coming or arrival of. The advent …   English dictionary for students

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