Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

advention

/ədˈvɛn.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-ven-tion
IPA: /ədˈvɛn.ʃən/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An external addition.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Fourthly, we will note, that ſomtimes ſome Bodies conceive a burning without the advention of another fire, only by their own effervency, and by the inteſtine motion of the implanted Particles, and of their own accord are reduced into Aſhes ; […]"
"But the reaſon of that conſequence is, ſay they, becauſe mixts have thoſe qualities as they contain the Elements, either formally , as ſome aſſert, or virtually and eminently, as others, which in mixts are reduced into act, by the advention of the form of the mixt; […]"
"As likewiſe by Fulguration, and the ſad Light of her infernal Fires, which was another token of her Coming. Yet the Poets make the unuſual and ſudden Splendor of Flames to be a general Signal of the Advention of any of the Deities as well as of her."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin advention (“addition”), ultimately from Latin adveniō (“to arrive”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: advention, adveniō

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

adventions (plural)

Derived Forms

adventious

Questions

How do you pronounce advention?: The recorded pronunciation is /ədˈvɛn.ʃən/.
What does advention mean?: An external addition.
Where does advention come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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