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arrival

[uh-rahy-vuhl]
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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

Origin of arrival

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

Synonyms for arrival

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1. advent.
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Examples from the Web for arrival

Contemporary Examples of arrival

Historical Examples of arrival

  • The morning after his arrival, Artaphernes had a private audience with his royal master.

    Philothea

    Lydia Maria Child

  • The public offices at Albany were finished shortly after my arrival.

  • Mr. Forrest had passed through Adelaide one day before his arrival.

  • I awaited the arrival of the party, which should reach here this morning.

  • Only the arrival of Christine and her fiance saved his philosophy from complete rout.

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    Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for arrival

arrival

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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Word Origin and History for arrival
n.

late 14c., from Anglo-French arrivaille, from Old French arriver (see arrive). Arrivage (late 14c.) also was used.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper