arrive

[ uh-rahyv ]
/ əˈraɪv /
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verb (used without object), ar·rived, ar·riv·ing.

to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
to come to be near or present in time: The moment to act has arrived.
to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like: After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.
Archaic. to happen: It arrived that the master had already departed.

verb (used with object), ar·rived, ar·riv·ing.

Obsolete. to reach; come to.

Verb Phrases

arrive at,
  1. to come to a place after traveling; reach.
  2. to attain the objective in a course or process: to arrive at a conclusion.

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Origin of arrive

1175–1225; Middle English a(r)riven < Old French a(r)river < Vulgar Latin *arrīpāre to come to land, verbal derivative of Latin ad rīpam to the riverbank; cf. river1

OTHER WORDS FROM arrive

ar·riv·er, nounun·ar·rived, adjectiveun·ar·riv·ing, adjective

Words nearby arrive

arriccio, arride, arris, arrish, arrival, arrive, arrive at, arrivederci, arrivism, arrivisme, arriviste
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Words related to arrive at

guess, derive, assume, glean, speculate, reckon, deduce, presume, ascertain, construe, presuppose, interpret, surmise, go, meet, head, move, reach, earn, secure

British Dictionary definitions for arrive at

arrive
/ (əˈraɪv) /

verb (intr)

to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination
(foll by at) to agree upon; reachto arrive at a decision
to occur eventuallythe moment arrived when pretence was useless
informal (of a baby) to be born
informal to attain success or gain recognition

Derived forms of arrive

arriver, noun

Word Origin for arrive

C13: from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin arrīpāre (unattested) to land, reach the bank, from Latin ad to + rīpa river bank
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Idioms and Phrases with arrive at

arrive at

Reach an objective, as in We arrived at the party right on time, or It took Harry only a few minutes to arrive at a solution. [Early 1500s]

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