arrival

Noun

arrival (countable and uncountable, plural arrivals)

1. The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
   • The early arrival of the bride created a stir.
   • And wander we to see thy honest son,
     Who will of thy arrival be full joyous.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   incoming

2. The fact of reaching a particular point in time.
   • He celebrated the arrival of payday with a shopping spree.
   • O gentlemen, the time of life is short!
     To spend that shortness basely were too long,
     If life did ride upon a dial’s point,
     Still ending at the arrival of an hour.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
3. The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.
   • The arrival of puberty can be especially challenging for transgender youth.
   • a raw scraping in the back of his throat, which announced the arrival of a bad cold1951, William Styron, chapter 6, in Lie Down in Darkness, New York: Modern Library, page 306

   Synonyms:

   onset

4. The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.
   • The arrival of the railway made the local tourist industry viable.
   • All the admirals had grown up in sail, and many of them viewed the arrival of steam with undisguised dislike […]1973, Jan Morris, Heaven’s Command, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1980, Part 3, Chapter 21, p. 411

   Synonyms:

   advent, introduction

5. A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.
   • There has been a significant growth in illegal arrivals.
   • Saloon, room, hall o’erflow beyond their brink,
     And long the latest of arrivals halts,
     ’Midst royal dukes and dames condemned to climb,
     And gain an inch of staircase at a time.1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, London: John Hunt, Canto 11, stanza 68, p. 137

   Synonyms:

   arrivant, arriver