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arrive

[uh-rahyv]

verb (used without object)

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)

Obsolete. to reach; come to.

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Verb phrase

arrive at,

to come to a place after traveling; reach.

to attain the objective in a course or process: to arrive at a conclusion.

Origin:
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; compare river¹

Related forms

ar·riv·er, noun

un·ar·rived, adjective

un·ar·riv·ing, adjective

Example Sentences

American business leaders think that college graduates should arrive at the nation's work places with real-world skills.

Many of the rest arrive either as students or under provisions that enable family reunions.

As such, when white storks arrive they are met with open arms and are cause for celebration.

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American business leaders think that college graduates should arrive at the nation's work places with real-world skills.

Many of the rest arrive either as students or under provisions that enable family reunions.

As such, when white storks arrive they are met with open arms and are cause for celebration.

The federally funded agency predicts where tropical cyclones will go and how strong they will be when they arrive.

If you want to watch the ice palace go up, or even lend a hand, plan to arrive a few weeks early.

These gourmet doughnuts can be prepared ahead, requiring only a quick baking once your guests arrive.

Research teams also demonstrated robots that can help keep victims alive until human rescuers arrive.

Men and women arrive at college with different levels of confidence, and leave with those differences largely intact.

But invoices, bills and statements continued to arrive on paper.

The park is designed as a pedestrian space and the best ways to arrive are by rail or by boat.

Appliances and computers arrive as after-the-fact intrusions.

First to arrive are the males, whose goal is to carve out a patch of sand they can defend from other males.

Many varieties are obtainable, and new ones arrive on the market every year add to my plant list.

Make the end of your life seem to arrive sooner with these drawer organizers.

They arrive by the dozens, their contents swelling the color-coded files in my office.

Other candidates arrive with much less fuss, undeterred by previous unsuccessful campaigns.

Before students arrive for school, hide the flowers around the room.

The offspring of those clones will probably be the first to arrive at the dinner table.

But as the visitors arrive at the ancient wonder, they encounter a modern controversy.

Winter may arrive early, too--as shown in the photo at.

The grains should twist them, changing the direction in which they oscillate so that they arrive with the same polarization.

Women and men arrive at our campuses with different self-concepts.

Customers arrive at for-profit colleges by the million.

When you arrive at the zoo, have your child help you figure out how to find those animals using a map of the zoo.

As a result, signals arrive at an antenna along many paths and at different times.

When they arrive and find it's hidden away, they complain and write nasty letters.

The company says the first of these x86 systems will arrive in about two years.

It crunches this information to arrive at a recommendation.

Today, new employees arrive on their first day with an alarming amount of know-it-all.

Put each set of predictions in an envelope to be saved and opened when those celebrations arrive.

The team used a combination of physical and optical mapping to arrive at the findings.

When the cows arrive at their summer home, the bells are hung under the.

But those who bother to notice the cardboard boxes the machines arrive in will also admire the artistry of the packaging.

The crowd thins as employers arrive and lottery balls are drawn.

So it would be a boon indeed if you could arrive somewhere before setting out.

Nono and his staff arrive and with their little motorcycles whisk us out of this male misery of green rags and sun-baked armory.

We should have learned by now that when you arrive somewhere new part of you stays part of it comes back with you.

Day after day the roads here were messing up my itinerary--I'd arrive in town hours.

Then, when you arrive at the store, mentally retrace your imagined steps to retrieve all the items on your list.

College officials know that not every admitted applicant who sent a deposit will arrive on their campuses this fall.

But ways to correct the genetic mistakes that cause many human diseases have been slower to arrive.

Once they arrive at a new location, they quickly settle in for the long haul, genetically isolating themselves.

It may arrive in months or not for years--but the next pandemic is inevitable.

If you're arrive at noon when cannon fire marks midday, so much the better.

The company also announces that full-color instant film will arrive later this year.

Research shows that disadvantaged children arrive in public schools far behind their well-off peers and often never catch.

But when it comes to low inflation, it may be better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Preliminary findings suggest that it's possible simple organisms could arrive via meteorites, he said.

When immigrants arrive in a new place, they tend to stick together, forming.

The modular structures arrive in a four-foot-by-eight-foot package and pop up in a day.

Stress-free animals eat more and arrive on your dinner plate that much faster.

Unlike some of the others being mentioned, she's not doctrinaire and wouldn't arrive with a specific agenda.

Which means that there is a huge opportunity for somebody to arrive late and steal the show.

As taxis full of tourists arrive at the killing fields, guides and beggars approach.

With each day¿s newspaper seems to arrive a new astronomical discovery: a new celestial body, a new.

It's amazing how much labor was involved by so many to arrive as these discoveries.

The hope is that the spray will disorient the culprit long enough to allow authorities to arrive at the scene.

Many community-college students arrive on campus already juggling work and family.

Power is fed into the grid from power stations in the hope that it will arrive in factories, offices and homes.

It won't be long before milk from cloned livestock and meat from their offspring arrive on dinner tables, observers say.

What remains in question is whether hydrogen will arrive on scene fast enough to be of any good.

As in grade school, this is important, so arrive a couple of minutes early for the best selection.

It will take a couple of decades to arrive at a point when bridge operators can use such data intelligently, he predicts.

Once delivery begins on a regular basis, monthly issues should arrive in a routine manner.

They go about their researches hoping to arrive at knowledge of what is the case in the world.

The inspirational spark for the pricey pieces didn't arrive from a place you might expect.

The university starts educating undergraduates about philanthropy as soon as they arrive on campus.

After logging in visitors will arrive in an atrium displaying a map of the exhibition with the names of participating galleries.

At some water holes, the nomads water their livestock during the day and the elephants arrive at night to drink.

Each city's points were added up to arrive at the overall score.

For this group of latecomers, the closer their office is to the room, the later they arrive at the meeting.

But total trust is clearly impossible in a world where death can arrive hidden in a metal box.

Most insects, however, fall into a sort of deep sleep and wait for warmer weather to arrive.

Greet everyone when you arrive in the office, and thank everyone when you leave.

Eventually, vehicles might book themselves in for repair and order the necessary spare parts before they arrive at the garage.

Arrive early to scout out your location and choose your vantage point.

It might not be bad to cast the net widely and see from where help might arrive.

It will take a couple of decades to arrive at a point when bridge operators can use it intelligently, he predicts.

The drained ponds fill back up when the monsoon rains arrive.

Factory workers arrive early and stay late, without pay.

Leopard seals are waiting for them in the water when they arrive.

The baggage system tells me exactly how long my bags will take to arrive.

The carts arrive at market packed with meat-perhaps a catch of writhing crocodiles or stacks of monkey limbs.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun, plural -vés

[-veyz; Fr. -vey] .

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

Origin:
1920–25; < French: literally, arrived, noun use of past participle of arriver to arrive

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Collins

World English Dictionary

arrive (əˈraɪv)

—vb
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

[C13: from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin arrīpāre (unattested) to land, reach the bank, from Latin ad to + rīpa river bank]

ar'river

—n

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Word Origin & History

arrive

c.1200, from O.Fr. ariver "to come to land," from V.L. *arripare "to touch the shore," from L. ad ripam "to the shore," from ad "to" + ripa "shore," with an original meaning of coming ashore after a long voyage. Sense of "to come to a position or state of mind" is from late 14c.

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