Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of arriving.
- n. One that arrives or has arrived.
- n. The reaching of a goal or objective as a result of effort or a process: our ultimate arrival at a compromise.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of arriving, as in coming to land or to the end of a journey; a reaching or coming to a destination, or some definite place.
- n. The person or thing which arrives: as, a long list of arrivals.
- n. The reaching or attainment of any object or state by effort, or in natural course: as, arrival at a just conclusion.
Wiktionary
- n. the act of arriving or something that has arrived
- n. the attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
- n. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course.
- n. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived.
- n. obsolete An approach.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of arriving at a certain place
- n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
- n. accomplishment of an objective
Etymologies
- arrive + -al (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just at dusk on November 1 we reach Caquixtle de Arriba and our arrival is a great success.”
“Planning on spending that night at an airport hotel, just because your arrival is at 4: 30 p.m. and the dark of night loometh, is ridiculous.”
“coined the term "arrival city" in response to what he felt was a semantic lack.”
“For successful web brands like TMZ and Funny or Die, the ultimate sign of arrival is running cable's rigorous selection process to gain a long-form slot on the dial - still the gold standard in the world of entertainment.”
“The point of departure and arrival is the conciliar Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium.”
Tornielli: The "Reform of the Reform" Proposals Approved by the Pope
“I'd heard fieldfares in a tall hedge making that strange conspiratorial hissing call to each other and, as their arrival from the north is such a signature event for autumn proper, I thought I'd wander over and pay my respects.”
“But uncertain arrival time for rain makes planning difficult.”
The Washington Post: Forecast: Heavy rain takes aim on D.C. area
“This new store´s arrival is liking having your old Aunt Maude come to town and sitting there on your sofa in your mom´s living room and smoking cagarettes and refusing to leave and you wonder why she just doesn´t go back to Atlanta but she never will now will she? tashby”
“So far the only new seasonal arrival is the rather unpleasent common grackle ….”
“Buffalo Bills: WR Terrell Owens 'arrival is the highlight.”
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Time
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Tourism Department. Unit 4
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Tourism Department. Unit 4
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Theme Prompts
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TT3 Lesson 35
aircraft, aboard, female, not at all, complex, male, would rather, could do with, chilly, suit yourself, smuggle, joke and 38 more...
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of being
transformation words, of becoming
becomingly, arrival, proximity, welcomeness, propitiousness, propitious
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