Meaning of arrive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To reach; to get to a certain place.
   copulative, intransitive
2. To reach through effort or a process: arrive at a decision after much thought.
3. To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
   intransitive
4. To reach (a goal or objective):attain, come to, gain, get to.
5. To come; said of time.
   intransitive
6. to reach (a place, the end of a journey etc). They arrived home last night; The parcel arrived yesterday. aankom يَصِل пристигам chegar přijít, přijet, dorazit, dojít ankommen komme; ankomme; nå frem φτάνωllegar saabuma رسیدن saapua arriver לְהָגִיע पहुंचना stići (meg)érkezik datang, tiba, sampai koma arrivare 到着する 도착하다 atvykti ierasties tiba aankomenkomme, nå fram nadchdzić, przybywać رسیدل chegar a sosi прибывать prísť prispeti stići anlända, komma มาถึง varmak, gelmek 到達 прибувати, приїждж...
   etc
7. To happen or occur.
   intransitive
8. to reach. The committee failed to arrive at a decision. bereik يَصِل إلى достигам chegar dospět k gelangen zu nå til; komme frem til φτάνω, καταλήγωllegar a jõudma رسیدن به؛ دست یافتن saavuttaa parvenir à לְהַגִיע לְ पहुंचना donijeti elér mencapai komast að arrivare a ～に達する 성립되다 priimti, pasiekti sasniegt; nonākt mencapai komen tot oppnå, komme fram tilosiągnąć, dojść do رسیدل په chegar a ajunge la достигать dospieť k priti do postizati nå, komma fram till มาถึง varmak 達成, 做出 доходити, досяга...
9. To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
   Ireland, UK, intransitive, often, slang, vulgar
10. To reach a destination.
11. To reach; to come to.
    archaic, transitive
12. To come at length; take place: The day of reckoning has arrived.
13. To bring to shore.
    intransitive, obsolete
14. To achieve success or recognition: He had finally arrived as a designer.
15. to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination
16. (foll by at) to agree upon; reach: to arrive at a decision.
17. to occur eventually: the moment arrived when pretence was useless.

Equivalents

Examples

“We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.”

“He arrived home for two days.”

“In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.”

“He had finally arrived on Broadway.”

“Evidence that the Irish had arrived socially was the abrupt decline in the number of newspaper articles accusing them of brawling and other crimes.”

“The time has arrived for us to depart.”

“Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.”

“Ere he arrive the happy isle.”

“Ere we could arrive the point proposed.”

“Arrive at last the blessed goal.”

“and made the sea-trod ship arrive them”

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