arrival

American  

[uh-rahy-vuhl] / əˈraɪ vəl /

noun

1. an act of arriving; a coming.

   His arrival was delayed by traffic.

   Synonyms:

   advent

2. the reaching or attainment of any object or condition.

   arrival at a peace treaty.

3. the person or thing that arrives or has arrived.

   First arrivals will be the first seated.

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arrival British  

/ əˈraɪvəl /

noun

1. the act or time of arriving

2. a person or thing that arrives or has arrived

3. the reaching of a condition or objective

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Other Word Forms

• nonarrival noun

Etymology

Origin of arrival

1350–1400; arrive + -al ²; replacing Middle English arivaille < Middle French

Example Sentences

A massive winter storm bearing down on the Northeast and mid-Atlantic put states on emergency measures Sunday and upended air travel, with airlines canceling thousands of flights ahead of the arrival of blizzard conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The noise is one of the first things that hits you on arrival in India.

From BBC

For all that, Tudor has specialised in fast starts in charge of clubs, a powerful personality whose arrival delivers an extra ingredient to what was already going to be a super-charged atmosphere.

From BBC

And with the arrival of the Brit Awards on the horizon, Co-op Live appears to have flourished after its rocky start.

From BBC

Scientists have since established that the degradation of the island was in fact gradual, taking centuries, caused largely by drought, volcanic eruptions and the arrival of the Polynesian rat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• advent
• appearance
• influx
• landing
• meeting
• return