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arrival

[ uh-rahy-vuhl ]
/ əˈraɪ vəl /
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noun

an act of arriving; a coming: His arrival was delayed by traffic.
the reaching or attainment of any object or condition: arrival at a peace treaty.
the person or thing that arrives or has arrived: First arrivals will be the first seated.

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RELATED WORDS

return, appearance, advent, landing, meeting, influx, delivery, visitor, tourist, shipment, passenger, ingress, occurrence, entrance, accession, approach, happening, debarkation, disembarkation, homecoming

Nearby words

arricciato, arriccio, arride, arris, arrish, arrival, arrive, arrive at, arrivederci, arrivism, arrivisme

Origin of arrival

1350–1400; arrive + -al2; replacing Middle English arivaille < Middle French
Related formsnon·ar·riv·al, noun
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arrival

/ (əˈraɪvəl) /

noun

the act or time of arriving
a person or thing that arrives or has arrived
the reaching of a condition or objective
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