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advent, appearance, coming, comer, visitor, accession, approach, entrance, happening, influx, ingress, landing

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ar⋅ri⋅val

[uh-rahy-vuh

–noun

1.	an act of arriving; a coming: His arrival was delayed by traffic.

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.

Origin:
1350–1400; arrive + -al ² ; r. ME arivaille < MF

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Language Translation for : Arrival

Spanish:

llegada,

German:

die Ankunft,

Japanese:

到着

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ar·ri·val (ə-rī'vəl) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act of arriving.
One that arrives or has arrived.
The reaching of a goal or objective as a result of effort or a process: our ultimate arrival at a compromise.

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arrival
noun
1.	accomplishment of an objective
2.	the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival"
3.	someone who arrives (or has arrived)

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Arrival

Ar*riv"al\, n. [From Arrive.]

1. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.

Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival. --Dryden.

2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.

3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.

Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. --Macaulay.

4. An approach. [Obs.]

The house has a corner arrival. --H. Walpole.