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ARRIVAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accomplishment of an objective
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("arrival" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrival"):
attainment (arrival at a new stage)
advent; coming (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of arriving at a certain place
Example:
they awaited her arrival
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("arrival" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrival"):
entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)
appearance (the act of appearing in public view)
homecoming; return (a coming to or returning home)
anchorage (the act of anchoring)
dockage; docking; moorage; tying up (the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes)
landing (the act of coming to land after a voyage)
landing (the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface))
check-in (the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel))
Derivation:
arrive (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("arrival" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrival"):
early bird (a person who arrives early before others do)
latecomer (someone who arrives late)
newcomer (a recent arrival)
Context examples:
The sequel to the strange arrival of the derelict in the storm last night is almost more startling than the thing itself.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
With the arrival of a steamer the fun began.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It was for the second evening after our arrival that the great meeting had been fixed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Diana and Mary will be at home in a week, and I want to have everything in order against their arrival.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was during this period, between the death of Johansen and the arrival on the sealing grounds, that I passed my pleasantest hours on the Ghost.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
My father was absent from home at the time of my arrival, and I was informed by the maid that he had driven over to Ross with John Cobb, the groom.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Onset of cardiac arrest that occurred after arrival at emergency department or during hospital admission.
(In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)
From a reverie of this kind, as she sat at her drawing-table, she was roused one morning, soon after Edward's leaving them, by the arrival of company.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Because large particles travel more slowly than small ones, the masses of the ionized particles are determined by measuring their arrival time at the end of the tube
(Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)
The findings have implications for understanding and better forecasting the arrival of energetic electrons from space, which can damage satellites and threaten the health of space-walking astronauts.
(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)
