ˈæd.vɛnt əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ əˈpɹəʊtʃɪŋ əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ əˈpɹəʊtʃɪŋ ˈklaɪmæks ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m ˈɔɹ.ɡæz.əm arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) the advent of the computer the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse the act of drawing spatially closer to something the hunter's approach scattered the geese of the relatively near future the approaching election this coming Thursday the forthcoming holidays the upcoming spring fashions the temporal property of becoming nearer in time the approach of winter