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ARRIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Example:

She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

Synonyms:

arrive; come; get

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Verb group:

get (reach and board)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "arrive"):

land; set down (reach or come to rest)

drive in (arrive by motorcar)

bring down; land; put down (cause to come to the ground)

land; set ashore; shore (arrive on shore)

roll up (arrive in a vehicle:)

come; come in (be received)

attain; hit; reach (reach a point in time, or a certain state or level)

flood in (arrive in great numbers)

draw in; get in; move in; pull in (of trains; move into (a station))

plump in (arrive suddenly and unannounced)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

John will arrive angry

Antonym:

leave (go away from a place)

Derivation:

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

arriver (someone who arrives (or has arrived))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Succeed in a big way; get to the top

Example:

You will go far, my boy!

Synonyms:

arrive; get in; go far; make it

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "arrive" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

As I could not pass through the town, I was obliged to cross the lake in a boat to arrive at Plainpalais.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The date on which the subject arrived in the reporting country from the country of potential disease exposure.

(Entry Date from Country of Potential Disease Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)

"Hands-only" CPR uses chest compressions to keep blood circulating until emergency help arrives.

(CPR, NIH)

Mission controllers expect fresh images to begin arriving on Earth within a couple of days following the encounter.

(Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione, NASA)

While waiting for help to arrive, you may be able to save someone's life.

(First Aid, NIH)

A unit of radiant exposure equal to radiant energy of one joule arriving upon a surface area of one square centimeter.

(Joule per Square Centimeter, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Caused you to locate the closest restroom as soon as you arrive at a place you have never been?

(OAB-q Short Form - Locate Closest Restroom as Soon as You Arrive, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Caused you to locate the closest restroom as soon as you arrive at a place you have never been?

(OAB-q - Locate Closest Restroom as Soon as You Arrive, NCI Thesaurus)

Now, I pray you, Alleyne, if a man were to take a ship and spread sail across yonder waters, where might he hope to arrive?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)