arrive

¹ American  

[uh-rahyv] / əˈraɪv /

verb (used without object)

arrived, arriving

1. to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination.

   He finally arrived in Rome.

2. to come to be near or present in time.

   The moment to act has arrived.

3. to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like.

   After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.

4. Archaic. to happen.

   It arrived that the master had already departed.

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verb (used with object)

arrived, arriving

1. Obsolete. to reach; come to.

verb phrase

1. 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.

arrivé ² American  

[ar-ee-vey, a-ree-vey] / ˌær iˈveɪ, a riˈveɪ /

noun

plural

arrivés

1. a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.

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arrive British  

/ əˈraɪv /

verb

1. to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination

2. (foll by at) to agree upon; reach

   to arrive at a decision

3. to occur eventually

   the moment arrived when pretence was useless

4. informal (of a baby) to be born

5. informal to attain success or gain recognition

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Other Word Forms

• arriver noun
• unarrived adjective
• unarriving adjective

Etymology

Origin of arrive¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English a(r)riven, from Old French a(r)river, from Vulgar Latin arrīpāre (unrecorded) “to come to land,” verb derivative of Latin ad rīpam “to the riverbank”; river ¹

Origin of arrivé²

First recorded in 1920–25; from French: literally, “arrived,” noun use of past participle of arriver “to arrive”; arrive

Example Sentences

The time of year it happened meant many key migratory birds had not arrived back to Pembrokeshire's cliffs and islands - and the wind direction blew some of the oil away from the coast.

From BBC

A wave of Americans arrived on RedNote, a popular Chinese social media app, ahead of a TikTok ban in the US.

From BBC

So many choose to travel by rail - and this section of line in Dawlish, just along from the Jurassic Coast, holds the key to trains arriving on time, or at all.

From BBC

Police and 20 firefighters arrived at the bank at 06:15, "but could not find anything that indicated damage", police said in a statement.

From BBC

Factory-built housing can arrive on a construction site in varying levels of completeness.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appear
• enter
• land
• reach
• report
• show up
• take place
• turn up
• visit