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advent

CEFR: C1

The arrival, official introduction, or emergence of a notable new invention, historical era, or technological paradigm.

Synonyms

inception
dawn
emergence

Common Collocations

advent of technology
with the advent of
advent of the internet

Example Sentence

The advent of commercial broadband internet transformed global information retrieval and distance learning.

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