Collocations for "advent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "advent" in context.
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advent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- with the advent of...
- the advent of modern [technology, politics, computers, techniques, surgery]
- the advent of [television, pasteurization, antibiotics]
- the advent of the modern age
- [before, following] the advent of...
- ever since the advent of [the internet, computers]
- changed [with, by] the advent of...
- Religion: the [first day, second Sunday] of Advent
- Religion: during (the season of) Advent
- Religion: an Advent [calendar, wreath] (for Christmas)
- Religion: the candles on the Advent wreath
- Religion: the [first] Advent candle
'advent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):