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| Main Entry: | advent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning or arrival of something anticipated |
| Synonyms: | appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation |
| Antonyms: | departure, end |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrival |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, approach, landing, reception |
| Antonyms: | departure, exit, departing, going, leaving |
| Main Entry: | Second Coming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anticipated return of Jesus |
| Synonyms: | Advent, Second Advent, Second Coming of Christ, parousiamania |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into sight |
| Synonyms: | advent, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, presence, presentation, representation, rise, actualization, appearing, materialization, showing up, turning up, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | absence, departure, disappearance, leaving |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, means of arriving |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way, drawing near |
| Antonyms: | departure, distancing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | arrival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming to a destination |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, appearance, approach, entrance, happening, influx, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return, alighting, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, homecoming |
| Antonyms: | departure, disappearance, leave |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder, conjuncture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a beginning |
| Synonyms: | advent, alpha, birth, commencement, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start, dawning, outstart, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
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