Definition of 'arrive'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present
tense arrives
, present participle arriving
, past tense, past participle arrived
1. verb
2. verb
When you arrive at a place, you come to it for the first time in order to stay, live, or work there.
[Also VERB]3. verb
4. verb
5. verb
When a particular moment or event arrives, it happens, especially after you have been waiting for it or expecting it.
6. verb
When you arrive at something such as a decision, you decide something after thinking about it or discussing it.
7. verb
When a baby arrives, it is born.
8. verb
[informal]
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arrive in British English
verb (intransitive)
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Derived forms
arriver (arˈriver) noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin arrīpāre (unattested) to land, reach the bank, from Latin ad to + rīpa river bank
arrive in American English
verb intransitiveWord forms: arˈrived or arˈriving
1.
to reach one's destination; come to a place
2.
to come
the time has arrived for action
Idioms:
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Word origin
ME ariven < OFr ariver < VL *arripare, come to shore, land < L ad-, to + ripa, shore
arrive in American English
(əˈraiv) (verb -rived, -riving)
intransitive verb
1.
He finally arrived in Rome
3.
After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field
4. archaic
to happen
It arrived that the master had already departed
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Derived forms
arriver noun
Word 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]arrivé in American English
(ˌæriˈvei, French aʀiˈvei)
nounWord forms: plural -vés (-ˈveiz, French -ˈvei)
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Word origin
[1920–25; ‹ F: lit., arrived, n. use of ptp. of arriver to arrive]Examples of 'arrive' in a sentence
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British English: arrive
/əˈraɪv/ VERB
When you arrive at a place, you reach it at the end of a journey.
Several groups of guests arrived.
- American English: arrive /əˈraɪv/
- Arabic: يَصِلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: chegar
- Chinese: 到达
- Croatian: doći
- Czech: přijít
- Danish: ankomme
- Dutch: aankomen arriveren
- European Spanish: llegar
- Finnish: saapua
- French: arriver
- German: ankommen
- Greek: φτάνω
- Italian: arrivare
- Japanese: 着く
- Korean: 도착하다
- Norwegian: ankomme
- Polish: przybyć
- European Portuguese: chegar
- Romanian: a sosi
- Russian: прибывать
- Latin American Spanish: llegar
- Swedish: ankomma
- Thai: มาถึง
- Turkish: varmak
- Ukrainian: прибувати
- Vietnamese: đến nơi
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