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ar·rive 
[uh-rahyv] Pronunciation Key verb, -rived, -riv·ing.
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[uh-rahyv] Pronunciation Key verb, -rived, -riv·ing. –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrase
| 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. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to reach; come to. |
| 6. | arrive at,
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[Origin: 1175–1225; ME a(r)riven < OF a(r)river < VL *arrīpāre to come to land, v. deriv. of L ad rīpam to the riverbank; cf. river1]
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ar·riv·er, noun
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| ar·rive
(ə-rīv') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. ar·rived, ar·riv·ing, ar·rives
Phrasal Verb(s): arrive at To reach through effort or a process: arrive at a decision after much thought. [Middle English ariven, from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin *arrīpāre, to reach the shore : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin rīpa, shore.] ar·riv'er n. |
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