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arrive definition

ar·rive (ə rīv′)

intransitive verb arrived -·rived′, arriving -·riv′·ing

  1. to reach one's destination; come to a place
  2. to come the time has arrived for action
  3. to attain success, fame, etc. he has arrived professionally

Etymology: ME ariven < OFr ariver < VL *arripare, come to shore, land < L ad-, to + ripa, shore

arrive Idioms

arrive at

  1. to reach by traveling
  2. to reach by work, thinking, development, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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