Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of arriving.
- noun One that arrives or has arrived.
- noun The reaching of a goal or objective as a result of effort or a process.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun The person or thing which arrives: as, a long list of arrivals.
- noun The reaching or attainment of any object or state by effort, or in natural course: as, arrival at a just conclusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course.
- noun The person or thing arriving or which has arrived.
- noun obsolete An approach.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
arriving or something that hasarrived - noun the
attainment of anobjective , especially as aresult ofeffort
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of arriving at a certain place
- noun someone who arrives (or has arrived)
- noun accomplishment of an objective
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just at dusk on November 1 we reach Caquixtle de Arriba and our arrival is a great success.
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Just at dusk on November 1 we reach Caquixtle de Arriba and our arrival is a great success.
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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.
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coined the term "arrival city" in response to what he felt was a semantic lack.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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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.
Country diary: Wenlock Edge Paul Evans 2010
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But uncertain arrival time for rain makes planning difficult.
Forecast: Heavy rain takes aim on D.C. area Dan Stillman 2010
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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.
Greg Selkoe: TV is NOT DEAD! Greg Selkoe 2010
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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
Parade of Fools 2009
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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.
Greg Selkoe: TV is NOT DEAD! Greg Selkoe 2010
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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 2009
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