Definitions for arrival
əˈraɪ vəlar·rival

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. arrival, reaching(noun)

   accomplishment of an objective

2. arrival(noun)

   the act of arriving at a certain place

   "they awaited her arrival"

3. arrival, arriver, comer(noun)

   someone who arrives (or has arrived)

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1. arrival(Noun)

   the act of arriving or something that has arrived

2. arrival(Noun)

   the attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort

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1. Arrival(noun)

   the act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land

2. Arrival(noun)

   the attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected

3. Arrival(noun)

   the person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival

4. Arrival(noun)

   an approach

Origin: [From Arrive.]

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1. Arrival

   Arrival is the third proper studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Sweden on 11 October 1976 by Polar Records. Recording sessions began in August 1975 and continued until September 1976. The album was recorded at Metronome and Glen studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Arrival was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form a total of four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set, and again in 2006. Upon its original 1976 release, "Fernando", released as a single earlier the same year, did not appear on Arrival, but it was included on the South African, Australian and New Zealand versions. "Fernando" remained unreleased on Arrival until the first remastered issue in 1997. The album also contains three of the group's biggest hits, "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Arrival was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom. In April 1977, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arrival' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2845

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arrival' in Nouns Frequency: #1158

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arrival in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arrival in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of arrival in a Sentence

1. Roy Blunt:

   I think what's happening is not dead on arrival.

2. Gifted Mom:

   The arrival of solar electricity here has changed everything.

3. Portuguese Proverb:

   Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure.

4. Xiao Jie:

   The arrival of tourists will nourish the need for divers and windsurfers.

5. Christoph Horstel:

   It is smooth sailing conditions and the expected time of arrival will be Thursday.

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