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to arrive

to arrive

1.0
To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey
  • verb
  • /əˈraɪv/
translation icon : llegar
  • After a long drive, they finally arrived at their destination.
  • newly arrived
  • newly arrived refugees
  • newly arrived immigrants

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Examples

  • We're going to sit tight and wait for help to arrive in the morning.

  • They should arrive in about 15 minutes.

  • And by the time he arrived, it was too late.

  • So the doctor arrived too late this time also.

  • I am going to arrive any second now.

  • The next day, Napoleon arrived to take command.

  • All right. Well, we have arrived in Greece.

  • She arrived back in New York a week or so ago.

  • He's staying here with me until the doctor and the police arrive.

  • In late May, Captain Benjamin Watkins's company arrived at the post to assist with removal.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to come
vsto arrive
1.0

Move toward and reach a place or position

emphasizes reaching the destination especially at the end of a journey
to reach
vsto arrive
1.1

Get to a place, level, or goal after effort

focuses on reaching a place at a journey end rather than effort or achievement
to arrive at
vsto arrive
320 2.1

Reach a place, for example a station, or come to a decision after thinking

is focused on ending a trip rather than forming a conclusion

Antonyms

1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

176 1.3

To leave a place to start a journey

Phrasal Verbs

320 2.1

Reach a place, for example a station, or come to a decision after thinking

Get to a place or event after the time you were expected to be there

To choose what to do after thinking about the options

How Official

to report
  • Formal
614 3.0
to appear
  • Formal
220 4.8
to check in
136 1.6
to arrive
1.0
to show up
1.4

Surface Forms

arrive infinitive
arrived past
arrived past participle
arriving present participle
arrives third person singular

Etymology

Arrive comes from Old French arriver, which meant 'to come to the shore' and from Latin parts ad- 'to' and ripa 'bank'. So to arrive is to reach a place at the end of a journey.