Helen Fenton

Advent: Definition and part of speech

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Advent

  1. n. Coming; any important arrival; approach.
  2. n. The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
  3. n. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Advene: Definition and part of speech

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Advene

  1. v. i. To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Advantageous: Definition and part of speech

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Advantageous

  1. a. Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Advantage: Definition and part of speech

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Advantage

  1. n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker’s dozen).
  2. n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
  3. n. Superiority; mastery; — with of or over.
  4. n. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.