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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