arrive
verb /əˈraɪv/
/əˈraɪv/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they arrive | /əˈraɪv/ /əˈraɪv/ |
| he / she / it arrives | /əˈraɪvz/ /əˈraɪvz/ |
| past simple arrived | /əˈraɪvd/ /əˈraɪvd/ |
| past participle arrived | /əˈraɪvd/ /əˈraɪvd/ |
| -ing form arriving | /əˈraɪvɪŋ/ /əˈraɪvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive](abbreviation arr.)to get to a place, especially at the end of a journey
- I'll wait until they arrive.
- I was pleased to hear you arrived home safely.
- to arrive early/late for a meeting
- arrive in… She'll arrive in New York at noon.
- arrive at… The train arrived at the station 20 minutes late.
- We didn't arrive back at the hotel until very late.
- By the time I arrived on the scene, it was all over.
- Pupils may be newly arrived in Britain, with little or no English.
- A police officer arrived just in time to see the burglars walking out of the building.
- They arrived too late to take any action.
- The police arrived to arrest him.
Extra Examples- What time did they arrive?
- We finally arrived at our destination late that evening.
- We should be arriving shortly.
- We were the first to arrive.
- As usual, my brother was the last to arrive.
- Let us know if you think you might arrive late.
- She likes to arrive unannounced.
- The train is due to arrive any time now.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- shortly
- …
- be due to
- fail to
- at
- in
- the first to arrive
- the last to arrive
- [intransitive] (of things) to be brought to somebody
- A letter arrived for you this morning.
- Send your application to arrive by 31 October.
- We waited an hour for our lunch to arrive.
- The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves (= be available) early next year.
Extra Examples- The package failed to arrive.
- A pile of letters had arrived on my desk.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- shortly
- …
- be due to
- fail to
- at
- in
- the first to arrive
- the last to arrive
- [intransitive] (of an event or a moment) to happen or to come, especially when you have been waiting for it
- The wedding day finally arrived.
- The baby arrived (= was born) early.
Extra Examples- Summer arrived early that year.
- As autumn arrives the birds migrate south.
- The age of industrialization had arrived.
- The moment had arrived. It was time to leave.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘reach the shore after a voyage’): from Old French ariver, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’.
Idioms
somebody has arrived
- (informal) somebody has become successful
- He knew he had arrived when he was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.
- The lad has arrived as a Premiership goalkeeper.