Definitions for Arrive
əˈraɪvar·rive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arrive, get, comeverb

   reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

   "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

2. arrive, make it, get in, go farverb

   succeed in a big way; get to the top

   "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arriveverb

   to reach

2. arriveverb

   to get to a certain place

   We arrived and booked in.

3. arriveverb

   to obtain a level of success or fame.

   He had finally arrived on Broadway.

4. Etymology: From ariver, from *arripare, from ad + ripa. For the sense-derivation, compare land.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ARRIVEverb

   Etymology: arriver, Fr. to come on shore.

   1. To come to any place by water.

   At length arriving on the banks of Nile,
   Wearied with length of ways, and worn with toil,
   She laid her down. Dryden.

   2. To reach any place by travelling.

   When we were arrived upon the verge of his estate, we stopped at a little inn, to rest ourselves and our horses.

   3. To reach any point.

   The bounds of all body we have no difficulty to arrive at; but when the mind is there, it finds nothing to hinder its progress. John Locke.

   4. To gain any thing.

   It is the highest wisdom by despising the world to arrive at heaven; they are blessed who converse with God. Taylor.

   The virtuous may know in speculation, what they could never arrive at by practice, and avoid the snares of the crafty. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 245.

   5. The thing at which we arrive is always supposed to be good.6. To happen; with to before the person. This sense seems not proper.

   Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives,
   More to be valued than a thousand lives. Edmund Waller.

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1. arrive

   To reach a destination or a specific place, typically at the end of a journey or movement. It can also mean to come to a certain point in a process, activity or time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arriveverb

   to come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from

2. Arriveverb

   to reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment

3. Arriveverb

   to come; said of time; as, the time arrived

4. Arriveverb

   to happen or occur

5. Arriveverb

   to bring to shore

6. Arriveverb

   to reach; to come to

7. Arrivenoun

   arrival

8. Etymology: [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian.]

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1. Arrive

   Arrive is a Norwegian information technology company owned by Norges Statsbaner that offers a wide range of Information Technology services, primarily targeting the railway and public transport sector, with the NSB corporation being the dominant customer. The company has 70 employees, is based in Oslo and was created in 2001 as a limited company, though had been a separate division within NSB since 1970.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arrive

   ar-rīv′, v.i. to reach any place: to attain to any object (with at).—ns. Arrīv′al, the act of arriving: persons or things that arrive; Arrīv′ance (Shak.), company arriving. [O. Fr. ariver—Low L. adripāre—L. ad, to, ripa, a bank.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Arrive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3404

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Arrive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3601

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Arrive' in Verbs Frequency: #162

Anagrams for Arrive »

1. ravier

2. varier

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Arrive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Arrive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Arrive in a Sentence

1. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.

2. Rudyard Kipling:

   For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions -- largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.

3. Jitendra Kumar Singh:

   We are waiting for the outcome of the medical reports and the police investigation report to arrive at a conclusion.

4. Manuel Castro:

   These individuals and families arrive hungry, thirsty and some need medical attention, so that is our priority -- to make sure that these people are being supported and in comfort because what they've been through is just so devastating.

5. Randall Woodfin:

   I am dismayed because this controversy might have been avoided entirely, had it been handled differently. I am dismayed because, as has been the case throughout Birmingham's history, people of good will behaved reflexively, rather than engaging in meaningful discourse over their differences and seeking common ground, throughout my life, I have been a person who tries to see and understand all reasonable points of view on any given issue. As mayor, I believe that quality is an essential part of my job, a means of encouraging interchange and forging the consensus necessary to arrive at fair and workable solutions to any issue or opportunity that confronts us as a city.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Arrive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arrive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Arrive
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arrive
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Arrive
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Arrive