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arrive definition

ar·rive (ə rīv′)

intransitive verb arrived -·rived′, arriving -·riv′·ing

  1. to reach one's destination; come to a place
  2. to come the time has arrived for action
  3. to attain success, fame, etc. he has arrived professionally

Etymology: ME ariven < OFr ariver < VL *arripare, come to shore, land < L ad-, to + ripa, shore

arrive Idioms

arrive at

  1. to reach by traveling
  2. to reach by work, thinking, development, etc.

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

arrive Synonyms

arrive

v.

  1. To come to a place

    come, enter, get there, get here, get back, land, report, disembark, alight, dismount, halt, come in, show up, turn up, put in, drop in, roll in, roll up, reach, get to, get in, visit, make shore, cast anchor, drop anchor, come to hand, reach home, reach one's destination, appear, appear on the scene, sign in, hit*, blow in*, breeze in*, check in*, pull in*, pop in*, bob up*, hit town*, fetch up at*.

    Antonyms leave*, go*, depart. *

  2. *To obtain recognized success

    achieve success, grow famous, make it*; see succeed 1.


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arrive Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • pm: Father Christmas arrives at 6:30 pm to meet the children in his grotto.

Preposition: with

  • bang: The first Kent Minigolf Open arrives with a bang this month.

Preposition: by

  • noon: Grace Foster Putnoe Lane, Bedford Letters must arrive by noon on Tuesday.

Adjective complement

  • unannounced: We should have been finished by 8.30pm but so many people arrived unannounced that we had quite a queue to get through.

Preposition: in

  • plenty: The trains ran perfectly and I arrived in plenty of time.
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arrive quotes

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

Walking is a way of being somewhere, rather than striving to arrive.

-Hillaby,John

And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive.

-Milton,John

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