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arrive
CEFRA1
/əˈɹaɪv/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To reach a place after traveling.
- 02
verb
To happen or become available.
Examples
The train from Geneva will arrive at the station.
We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo come; said of time.
To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
To reach; to get to a certain place.
More examples
In contextWhen do we arrive?
He arrived home for two days.
He had finally arrived on Broadway.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English arriven, ariven, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre (“to land, come ashore”), derived from Latin rīpa (“shore, river-bank”). Displaced native oncome, tocome. For the semantic evolution, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).