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time of arrival

time of arrival

4 1.6
Expected time when a vehicle or person arrives at a place
  • noun
translation icon : hora de llegada
  • Please check the flight schedule for the time of arrival of your flight.

Examples

  • Our estimated time of arrival is approximately 20 minutes from now.

  • What is our estimated time of arrival?

  • Estimated time of arrival is approximately five months from now.

  • Estimated time of arrival in ten minutes.

  • Estimated time of arrival, one minute and counting.

  • Gentlemen, new time of arrival: 5:00 p.m.

  • The estimated time of arrival at Daedalus is 26 minutes and 13 seconds.

  • What's our estimated time of arrival in Albuquerque?

  • Although there were individual differences in the preparation players undertook for away games, they placed considerable importance on the time of arrival at the arena.

    Academic text (1995)
  • After applying for credentials, we were emailed detailed instructions about parking, time of arrival, restrictions on food and drink, and general protocol.

    Blog text (27)

Synonyms

arrival
vstime of arrival
324 1.0

Coming to a place, often at the end of a journey

focuses on the expected scheduled moment rather than the event
ETA
vstime of arrival
37 3.6

The expected time when someone or something will arrive at a place

is the full phrase rather than an abbreviated form
arrival time
vstime of arrival
3 1.5

A scheduled time when a vehicle like a plane or train arrives at a place

is the same idea but expressed with the words in a different order

Antonyms

The scheduled time when a bus, train, or plane leaves

Surface Forms

Morphology

time + of + arrival

The meaning 'the scheduled or expected time when a vehicle or person is due to arrive' is directly compositional from 'time' (a point or moment), 'of' (a relational/genitive marker), and 'arrival' (the act of coming), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it. The noun + of + noun construction is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary English composition patterns, making this phrase immediately understandable at B1.

Etymology

The noun time of arrival comes from travel schedules that put a clock time next to the word arrival to show when a train or plane would come. So it means the 'scheduled' or 'expected' moment when someone or something will reach a place.