Arrival Meaning
/əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
nounThe fact of reaching a particular point in time.
Sentence Examples
All you have to do is wait for his arrival.
Our arrival at Narita was delayed by an hour.
We apologize for the late arrival of the train.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Everyone cheered loudly when the long-awaited ____ of the bride finally happened at the church.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We waited at the station for the ____ of the late afternoon train.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English arivaile, arivaille, arrival, arryvaile, arryvaylle, aryvayle, aryvaylle, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver; equivalent to arrive + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And wander we to see thy honest son,
Who will of thy arrival be full joyous."
— c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
"the unavoidable irregularity in the arrivals of coal ships"
— 1776 March 9, Adam Smith, chapter 10, in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, book, pages 127-128:
"We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?"
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"O gentlemen, the time of life is short!
To spend that shortness basely were too long,
If life did ride upon a dial’s point,
Still ending at the arrival of an hour."
— c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Everyone cheered loudly when the long-awaited ____ of the bride finally happened at the church.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We waited at the station for the ____ of the late afternoon train.