arrive
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.
Obsolete. to reach; come to.
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 of arrive
1Other words from arrive
- ar·riv·er, noun
- un·ar·rived, adjective
- un·ar·riv·ing, adjective
Other definitions for arrivé (2 of 2)
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
Origin of arrivé
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How to use arrive in a sentence
By the time the ambulance arrived, over 10 minutes later, it was too late—Mills died soon after arriving at the hospital.
Ramos would help set the tone of the day when he greeted the arriving students outside the school.
Arriving in Italy means they have made it to the next phase, but they have most certainly not reached the end of their journeys.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA few minutes after arriving, I stood, stripped of everything, my clothes neatly folded on the floor next to me.
The Prince and The Duchess will travel to Colombia first, arriving in Bogota on Tuesday, October 28.
He had got his ticket of admission to the Casino, after arriving yesterday evening; but the Rooms had not pleased him then.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonIn France these reports would have been impersonal messages arriving from afar.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIt had been his intention before arriving there, to arraign his wife again for having let Orlean go West in the beginning.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxShe was too intent upon studying his own to hide them, and upon arriving at a final conclusion.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonOn arriving at his command he found everything in confusion, and the soldiers ready at any moment to declare for the Emperor.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for arrive
/ (əˈraɪv) /
to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination
(foll by at) to agree upon; reach: to arrive at a decision
to occur eventually: the moment arrived when pretence was useless
informal (of a baby) to be born
informal to attain success or gain recognition
Origin of arrive
1Derived forms of arrive
- arriver, noun
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