arrive

arrive
[[t]əra͟ɪv[/t]]
♦♦
arrives, arriving, arrived
1) VERB When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.

Fresh groups of guests arrived.

...a small group of commuters waiting for their train, which arrived on time...

[V prep/adv] The Princess Royal arrived at Gatwick this morning from Jamaica.

Ant:
2) VERB When you arrive at a place, you come to it for the first time in order to stay, live, or work there.

[V prep/adv] ...in the old days before the European settlers arrived in the country.

[V-ed] ...a young student newly arrived in England from New Zealand. [Also V]

3) VERB When something such as letter or meal arrives, it is brought or delivered to you.

Any entry arriving after the closing date will not be considered...

Breakfast arrived while he was in the bathroom.

4) VERB When something such as a new product or invention arrives, it becomes available.

Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month...

They'll be ready to embrace the new technology when it arrives.

Syn:
5) VERB When a particular moment or event arrives, it happens, especially after you have been waiting for it or expecting it.

The time has arrived when I need to give up smoking.

...the belief that the army would be much further forward before winter arrived.

6) VERB When you arrive at something such as a decision, you decide something after thinking about it or discussing it.

[V at n] ...if the jury cannot arrive at a unanimous decision...

[V at n] These figures are arrived at on the basis of dentists' receipts for 1991-2.

7) VERB When a baby arrives, it is born.

It's very unlikely that your baby will arrive before you get to hospital.

8) VERB If you say that someone has arrived, you mean that they have become successful or famous. [INFORMAL]

These are cars which show you've arrived and had a good time along the way.

Syn:
make it

English dictionary. 2008.

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