arrive
1 Americanverb (used without object)
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to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination.
He finally arrived in Rome.
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to come to be near or present in time.
The moment to act has arrived.
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to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like.
After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.
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Archaic. to happen.
It arrived that the master had already departed.
verb (used with object)
verb phrase
noun
plural
arrivésverb
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to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination
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(foll by at) to agree upon; reach
to arrive at a decision
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to occur eventually
the moment arrived when pretence was useless
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informal (of a baby) to be born
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informal to attain success or gain recognition
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 arrivé1
First recorded in 1920–25; from French: literally, “arrived,” noun use of past participle of arriver “to arrive”; arrive
Example Sentences
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He arrived in the UK last Friday after Egypt's attorney general lifted an apparent travel ban.
From Barron's
"Most of those arriving are women and children. Very few adult men are with them," he told AFP, adding that many men stay behind "out of fear of being killed or abducted."
From Barron's
When Kharouf arrived at the appointed location, agents stuffed him into the back of a truck and drove him to a walled security complex in the city center.
When Lakurawa initially arrived in the largely Muslim states of Sokoto and Kebbi, the group presented itself as a religious force that wanted to help a vulnerable community in an insecure region.
From BBC
Miles said that when he arrived in China, “We thought, let’s take the white space that Costco would take if they were here.”
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