arrive
[ uh-rahyv ]
/ əˈraɪv /
verb (used without object), ar·rived, ar·riv·ing.
to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
to come to be near or present in time: The moment to act has arrived.
to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like: After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.
Archaic.
to happen: It arrived that the master had already departed.
verb (used with object), ar·rived, ar·riv·ing.
Obsolete.
to reach; come to.
Verb Phrases
arrive at,
- to come to a place after traveling; reach.
- to attain the objective in a course or process: to arrive at a conclusion.
Origin of arrive
1175–1225; Middle English
a(r)riven < Old French
a(r)river < Vulgar Latin
*arrīpāre to come to land, verbal derivative of Latin
ad rīpam to the riverbank; cf.
river1
OTHER WORDS FROM arrive
ar·riv·er, noun un·ar·rived, adjective un·ar·riv·ing, adjectiveWords nearby arrive
British Dictionary definitions for arrive at
arrive
/ (əˈraɪv) /
verb (intr)
to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination
(foll by at)
to agree upon; reach
to arrive at a decision
to occur eventually
the moment arrived when pretence was useless
informal
(of a baby) to be born
informal
to attain success or gain recognition
Derived forms of arrive
arriver, nounWord Origin for arrive
C13: from Old French
ariver, from Vulgar Latin
arrīpāre (unattested) to land, reach the bank, from Latin
ad to +
rīpa river bank
Idioms and Phrases with arrive at
arrive at
Reach an objective, as in We arrived at the party right on time, or It took Harry only a few minutes to arrive at a solution. [Early 1500s]