<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season.</li><li>Synonyms: start, commencement, beginning, onset</li><li>Usually Advent: the coming of Christ into the world.</li><li>Advent, the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.</li><li>Usually Advent: Second Coming.</li></ul>