arrive at

verb

To reach (a destination)

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Meanings

verbarrive at (third-person singular simple present arrives at, present participle arriving at, simple past and past participle arrived at)

present singular third person arrives at · participle present arriving at · participle past arrived at · past arrived at

  1. To reach (a destination)
  2. idiomaticTo reach (an objective or conclusion)

    The purpose of this technique was not to satisfy any personal dislike, still less to arrive at the truth, but to achieve a practical object. Lenin himself confirmed this ('blurted it out', as he would have said of anyone else) on an occasion in 1907.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 520

Synonyms & antonyms

verbreach a destination, either real or abstract

Similar
reachmakeattainhitgain
Broader
actmove
Also see
attaingaingethitmakereach

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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Chicago

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