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🏨 To reach a place 🏆 To become successful
to arrive

to arrive

103 7.3
To become very successful and well known in your job
  • verb
  • /əˈraɪv/
  • Informal
translation icon : triunfar
  • - On further reflection, I think that you'll arrive at the same diagnosis I did.

So it's not like you just, you know, arrived without any grounding.

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Examples

  • Today, the global economy has arrived at a similar inflection point.

    Academic text (2011)

  • After years of hard work and dedication, she finally arrived as a leading expert in her field.

  • If you can accomplish this... then you will have arrived.

    You Are Here (2011)

  • But other, perhaps less celebrated, researchers have arrived at very different conclusions.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Her goal, she said, was to arrive at a state of awareness of her body's every cell.

    Academic text (1999)

  • After reflecting quite a lot over the years, I've arrived at a conclusion.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • By consistently delivering innovative solutions, he managed to arrive at the top of the tech industry.

  • Her groundbreaking research helped her arrive in the ranks of world-renowned scientists.

Synonyms

to reach
vsto arrive
∞ 1.1

Get to a place, level, or goal after effort

focuses on achieving top fame and recognition rather than any achieved goal
to succeed
vsto arrive
846 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

is narrower, meaning reach top recognition not just any success
to make it
vsto arrive
  • Informal
207 3.4

To become very successful in a job or career

means reaching the very top of a field rather than general success
to triumph
vsto arrive
60 3.4

To win or succeed and feel great joy

often implies a single victory, while this concept denotes sustained top status
to make it big
vsto arrive
  • Informal
18 4.1

Become very successful in a job or career

focuses on reaching top recognition in a field rather than broad success
to hit a home run
vsto arrive
  • Informal
17 3.4

To have a big success people do not expect

means rising to top long term position rather than one notable win
to hit it big
vsto arrive
  • Informal
9 5.1

To become very successful, often quickly

emphasizes reaching top status rather than sudden or lucky success
to reach the summit
vsto arrive
6 3.1

Get to the top of a mountain or the highest point in your career

means rising to be the top of a field rather than any high achievement
to get there eventually
vsto arrive
3 3.4

Succeed in reaching a goal after some time and effort

stresses reaching top status rather than slow gradual success

Antonyms

to fail
898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

Phrasal Verbs

to arrive at
320 2.1

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

to arrive late
9 1.3

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

to arrive at a decision
1 2.9

To choose what to do after thinking about the options

How Successful

to dominate
213 3.8
to arrive
  • Informal
103 7.3
to succeed
846 2.0

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Arrive is also used to mean 'to achieve success'; a helpful way to remember this is to imagine a traveller finally coming to shore after a long trip. That's why to say someone has arrived in their career means they have reached their goal.