arrive

verb
ə-rīvʹ

To reach; to get to a certain place.

Example

“We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.”

Other meanings

To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
“He had finally arrived on Broadway.”
To come; said of time.
“The time has arrived for us to depart.”

Synonyms

get
come

Related words

unarrived
arrivance
arrivant
rearrive
unarriving
arrive at

Example sentences

“We're waiting for the pizza to arrive.”
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“Will the mission arrive in time to help?”
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“The swallows are migratory birds which arrive in autumn.”
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Word history

From Latin "rīpa" (shore, river-bank).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “arrive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.