arrive

verb intransitive

US /əˈraɪv/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	arrive
he/she/it	arrives
present participle	arriving
past tense	arrived
past participle	arrived

1
to reach a place, after having been somewhere else
What time does your plane arrive?
I finally arrived home at five in the morning.
arrive at/in:
Four police officers suddenly arrived at their house.
Synonyms and related words
To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
arrive
enter
reach
1. 1a
  to reach a place after having been sent or ordered from somewhere else
  A letter arrived for you this morning.
  Our furniture arrived safely by truck yesterday.
  Synonyms and related words
  To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
  arrive
  enter
  reach
2. 1b
  if information arrives, it is published or heard somewhere
  Reports are just arriving about the earthquake in Mexico.
  Synonyms and related words
  To be, or to become known
  come out
  get around
  leak out
3. 1c
  to come to a place in order to live there permanently
  Her parents arrived in America in 1926.
  Synonyms and related words
  To live, stay or work in a particular place
  live
  arrive
  settle down
4. 1d
  to join an organization or start a new job
  She was just 21 when she arrived at the Washington Post as a trainee reporter.
  Synonyms and related words
  To start a career or new job, or to move to a new position
  join
  arrive
  enter
2
to happen, take place, or begin to exist
Society changed forever when television arrived.
Synonyms and related words
To start to exist or happen
start
begin
arise
Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to happen
happen
come about
occur
3
if a baby arrives, it is born
Sally was four when her baby brother arrived.
Synonyms and related words
Pregnancy and having a baby
abort
the afterbirth
amniocentesis
4
informalto achieve a goal, especially after a lot of effort
Running their own business, they felt they had finally arrived.
Synonyms and related words
To succeed in doing something
succeed
manage
pull off

phrasal verbs

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