Meanings
verbarrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)
present singular third person arrives · participle present arriving · participle past arrived · past arrived
- copulativeintransitiveTo reach; to get to a certain place.
He arrived home for two days.
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We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.
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%.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74Synonyms: fetch up
- intransitiveTo obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
He had finally arrived on Broadway.
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Evidence that the Irish had arrived socially was the abrupt decline in the number of newspaper articles accusing them of brawling and other crimes.
2002, Donald Cole, Immigrant City: Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1845-1921, page 58 - intransitiveTo come; said of time.
The time has arrived for us to depart.
- intransitiveTo happen or occur.
Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
1666, Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter - archaictransitiveTo reach; to come to.
Ere he arrive the happy isle.
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC2 more examples
Ere we could arrive the point proposed.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]Arrive at last the blessed goal.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “(please specify |part=Prologue or Epilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC - intransitiveobsoleteTo bring to shore.
and made the sea-trod ship arrive them
1618, George Chapman, A Hymn to Apollo
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo reach; to get to a certain place.
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More synonyms by meaning
verbreach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrīpa“shore, river-bank”
- Early Medieval Latinadrīpāre“to land, come ashore”
- Old Frenchariver
- Middle Englisharriven
- Englisharrive
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans aankom, arriveer
- aankomto get to a certain place
- arriveerto get to a certain place
- aankomto reach
- arriveerto reach
Ancient Greek ἀφικνέομαι, πάρειμι
- ἀφικνέομαι (aphiknéomai)to get to a certain place
- πάρειμι (páreimi)to reach
- ἀφικνέομαι (aphiknéomai)to reach
- ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai)to reach
- ἀφικάνω (aphikánō)to reach
- ἱκάνω (hikánō)to reach
Arabic وَصَلَ, وَصَلَ
- وَصَلَ (waṣala)to get to a certain place
- وَصَلَ (waṣala)to reach
Basque heldu
- helduto reach
Bengali আগমন করা
- আগমন করা (agomon kora)to reach
Bulgarian стигам, пристигам
- стигам (stigam)to get to a certain place
- пристигам (pristigam)to get to a certain place
- постигам (postigam)to obtain a level of success or fame
- дости́гам (dostígam)to reach
- дости́гна (dostígna)to reach
- присти́гам (pristígam)to reach
- присти́гна (pristígna)to reach
- явя́вам се (javjávam se)to reach
- явя́ се (javjá se)to reach
Catalan arribar, arribar
- arribarto get to a certain place
- arribarto reach
Chinese Cantonese 到
- 到 (dou³)to reach
Chinese Mandarin 到達 /到达, 到
- 到達 /到达 (dàodá)to get to a certain place
- 到 (dào)to get to a certain place
- 到達 /到达 (dàodá)to reach
- 到 (dào)to reach
Czech dorážet, dorazit
- dorážetto get to a certain place
- dorazitto get to a certain place
- přicházetto get to a certain place
- přijítto get to a certain place
- přijíždětto get to a certain place
- přijetto get to a certain place
- přilétatto get to a certain place
- přiletětto get to a certain place
- přicestovatto get to a certain place
- přibývat impf přibýtto get to a certain place
- dorážetto reach
- dorazitto reach
Danish ankomme, ankomme
- ankommeto get to a certain place
- ankommeto reach
Dutch aankomen, arriveren
- aankomento get to a certain place
- arriverento get to a certain place
- bereikento get to a certain place
- bereikento obtain a level of success or fame
- het gemaakt hebbento obtain a level of success or fame
- bereikento reach
- aankomento reach
- arriverento reach
Esperanto alveni, alveni
- alvenito get to a certain place
- alvenito reach
Estonian saabuma
- saabumato reach
Finnish saapua, tulla perille
- saapuato get to a certain place
- tulla perilleto get to a certain place
- saapuato obtain a level of success or fame
- tulla perilleto obtain a level of success or fame
- saapuato reach
- tulla perilleto reach
French arriver, réussir
- arriverto get to a certain place
- réussirto obtain a level of success or fame
- percerto obtain a level of success or fame
- arriverto reach
German ankommen, einlangen
- ankommento get to a certain place
- einlangento get to a certain place
- einlaufento get to a certain place
- eintreffento get to a certain place
- schaffento obtain a level of success or fame
- gelangento reach
- kommento reach
- erreichento reach
- ankommento reach
Greek φτάνω, φτάνω
- φτάνω (ftáno)to get to a certain place
- φτάνω (ftáno)to reach
Hebrew הִגִּיעַ, הִגִּיעַ
- הִגִּיעַ (higía)to get to a certain place
- הִגִּיעַ (higía)to obtain a level of success or fame
- הִגִּיעַ (higía)to reach
Hindi पहुँचना, आना
- पहुँचना (pahũcnā)to get to a certain place
- आना (ānā)to reach
- पहुँचना (pahũcnā)to reach
- आगमन (āgman)to reach
Hungarian érkezik, megérkezik
- érkezikto get to a certain place
- megérkezikto get to a certain place
- befutto obtain a level of success or fame
- beérkezikto obtain a level of success or fame
- elérto reach
Icelandic koma
- komato reach
Indonesian sampai, capai
- sampaito get to a certain place
- capaito obtain a level of success or fame
- capaito reach
- sampaito reach
- gapaito reach
Italian arrivare, giungere
- arrivareto get to a certain place
- giungereto get to a certain place
- arrivareto reach
- giungereto reach
Japanese 着く, 到着する
- 着く (tsuku)to get to a certain place
- 到着する (tōchaku-suru)to get to a certain place
- 着く (tsuku)to reach
- 到着する (tōchaku suru)to reach
Korean 도착하다, 도착하다
- 도착하다 (dochakhada)to get to a certain place
- 도착하다 (dochakhada)to reach
Latin advenio, pervenio
- advenioto get to a certain place
- pervenioto get to a certain place
- devenioto get to a certain place
- advenioto reach
- pervenioto reach
- devenioto reach
Latvian ierasties, atbraukt
- ierastiesto reach
- atbrauktto reach
Lithuanian atvykti
- atvyktito reach
Malay sampai, tiba
- sampaito get to a certain place
- tibato get to a certain place
Māori tae, taetae
- taeto get to a certain place
- taetaeto get to a certain place
- taeto reach
- taetaeto reach
Norwegian ankomme
- ankommeto get to a certain place
Norwegian Bokmål ankomme
- ankommeto reach
Polish przybywać, przybyć
- przybywaćto get to a certain place
- przybyćto get to a certain place
- przychodzićto get to a certain place
- przyjśćto get to a certain place
- przyjeżdżaćto get to a certain place
- przyjechaćto get to a certain place
- przylatywaćto get to a certain place
- przyleciećto get to a certain place
- dojść (do czegoś)to obtain a level of success or fame
- dochodzićto reach
- dojśćto reach
- dojeżdżaćto reach
Portuguese chegar, vencer
- chegarto get to a certain place
- vencerto obtain a level of success or fame
- chegarto reach
Romanian ajunge, ajunge
- ajungeto get to a certain place
- ajungeto reach
- sosito reach
Russian прибыва́ть, прибы́ть
- прибыва́ть (pribyvátʹ)to get to a certain place
- прибы́ть (pribýtʹ)to get to a certain place
- приходи́ть (prixodítʹ)to get to a certain place
- прийти́ (prijtí)to get to a certain place
- приезжа́ть (prijezžátʹ)to get to a certain place
- прие́хать (prijéxatʹ)to get to a certain place
- достига́ть (dostigátʹ)to obtain a level of success or fame
- дости́чь (dostíčʹ)to obtain a level of success or fame
- доходи́ть (doxodítʹ)to reach
- дойти́ (dojtí)to reach
- доезжа́ть (dojezžátʹ)to reach
- дое́хать (dojéxatʹ)to reach
Slovak prísť, prichádzať
- prísťto get to a certain place
- prichádzaťto get to a certain place
- dosiahnuťto obtain a level of success or fame
- dôjsťto reach
- doraziťto reach
Spanish llegar, arribar
- llegarto get to a certain place
- arribarto get to a certain place
- lograrto obtain a level of success or fame
- triunfarto obtain a level of success or fame
- tener éxitoto obtain a level of success or fame
- llegarto reach
- arribarto reach
Swahili kufika
- kufikato reach
Swedish komma fram, anlända
- komma framto get to a certain place
- anländato get to a certain place
- ankommato get to a certain place
- anländato reach
- ankommato reach
Tagalog dumating, dumating
- dumatingto get to a certain place
- dumatingto obtain a level of success or fame
- dumatingto reach
Thai มา, ถึง
- มา (maa)to get to a certain place
- ถึง (tʉ̌ng)to get to a certain place
- ถึง (tʉ̌ng)to reach
- สู่ (sùu)to reach
- มาถึง (maa-tʉ̌ng)to reach
Turkish varmak, varmak
- varmakto get to a certain place
- varmakto reach
Ukrainian прихо́дити, прийти́
- прихо́дити (pryxódyty)to get to a certain place
- прийти́ (pryjtý)to get to a certain place
- приїжджа́ти (pryjiždžáty)to get to a certain place
- приїзди́ти (pryjizdýty)to get to a certain place
- приї́хати (pryjíxaty)to get to a certain place
- дохо́дити (doxódyty)to reach
- дійти́ (dijtý)to reach
- доїжджа́ти (dojiždžáty)to reach
- дої́хати (dojíxaty)to reach
Urdu پہنچنا, آنا
- پہنچنا (pahũcnā)to get to a certain place
- آنا (ānā)to reach
- پہنچنا (pahũcnā)to reach
- آمدہ ہونا (āmadā honā)to reach
Vietnamese đến, đến
- đếnto get to a certain place
- đếnto reach
Welsh cyrraedd, cyrraedd
- cyrraeddto get to a certain place
- cyrraeddto reach
Yiddish אָנקומען, קומען
- אָנקומען (onkumen)to reach
- קומען (kumen)to reach
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with arrive
livedrivefivealivesurvivedivestrivederiveclivethriverevivehivebeehivedeprivebeliveviveriveshivechivecontrivewiveskivesliveconnive
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Cite this entry
APA
arrive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrive
MLA
“arrive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrive.
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