arrive

[ad_1] verb (used without object), ar·rived, ar·riv·ing.

1. to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one’s destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
2. to come to be near or present in time: The moment to act has arrived.
3. to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like: After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.
4. Archaic. to happen: It arrived that the master had already departed.

verb (used with object), ar·rived, ar·riv·ing.

5. Obsolete. to reach; come to.

Verb Phrases

6. arrive at,
   1. to come to a place after traveling; reach.
   2. to attain the objective in a course or process: to arrive at a conclusion.

noun, plural ar·ri·vés [ar-ee-veyz; French a–ree-vey] /ˌær iˈveɪz; French a riˈveɪ/.

1. a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.

verb (intr)

1. to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination
2. (foll by at) to agree upon; reachto arrive at a decision
3. to occur eventuallythe moment arrived when pretence was useless
4. informal (of a baby) to be born
5. informal to attain success or gain recognition

v.

c.1200, “reach land, reach the end of a journey by sea,” from Anglo-French ariver, Old French ariver (11c.) “to come to land,” from Vulgar Latin *arripare “to touch the shore,” from Latin ad ripam “to the shore,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + ripa “shore” (see riparian). The original notion is of coming ashore after a long voyage. Of journeys other than by sea, from late 14c. Sense of “to come to a position or state of mind” is from late 14c. Related: Arrived; arriving.

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