arrive
/əˈɹaɪv/
arrive verb: to reach; to get to a certain place.
Verb
arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)
- To reach; to get to a certain place.
- We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.
- He arrived home for two days.
- Synonyms:
- fetch up
- To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
- He had finally arrived on Broadway.
- Evidence that the Irish had arrived socially was the abrupt decline in the number of newspaper articles accusing them of brawling and other crimes.2002, Donald Cole, Immigrant City: Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1845-1921, page 58
- To come; said of time.
- The time has arrived for us to depart.
- To happen or occur.
- Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.1666, Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter
- To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- To reach; to come to.
- Ere he arrive the happy isle.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Ere we could arrive the point proposed.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To bring to shore.
- and made the sea-trod ship arrive them1618, George Chapman, A Hymn to Apollo
arrive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arrive in Hindi
- to reach
- आना ānā, पहुँचना pahũcnā, आगमन āgman
- to get to a certain place
- पहुँचना pahũcnā
arrive in Tamil
- வந்து சேர், சென்றுசேர், வந்தமை, முடிவிடம் சேர், முன்தோன்று, முடிவுறு
arrive in Marathi
- to reach
- पोहोचणे pohocṇe, येणे yeṇe
- to get to a certain place
- पोहोचणे pohocṇe
arrive in Urdu
- to reach
- آنا ānā, پہنچنا pahũcnā, آمدہ ہونا āmadā honā
- to get to a certain place
- پہنچنا pahũcnā
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- arrive in Bengali
- আগমন করা agomon kora
- arrive in Telugu
- చేరు cēru
- arrive in Malayalam
- വന്നുചേരുക, എത്തുക
- arrive in Kannada
- ತಲಪು talapu
- arrive in Punjabi
- ਪਹੁੰਚਣਾ pahuñcṇā, آنا āṇā
- arrive in Sanskrit
- आयत् āyat
- arrive in Assamese
- আহ ah
- arrive in Nepali
- पाल्नु pālnu
- arrive in Tagalog
- dumating
- arrive in Arabic
- وَصَلَ waṣala
- arrive in Malay
- sampai, tiba
- arrive in Indonesian
- capai, sampai, gapai
- arrive in Thai
- ถึง tʉ̌ng, สู่ sùu, มาถึง maa-tʉ̌ng, มา maa
- arrive in Vietnamese
- đến
- arrive in Myanmar
- ရောက် rauk
Examples of arrive in a sentence
- The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived.
- As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last.
- I had children too early (in life), so my first baby arrived early.
Synonyms of arrive
Antonyms
Forms of arrive
| third-person singular present | arrives |
|---|---|
| present participle | arriving |
| past participle | arrived |
| past | arrived |
Origin of arrive
From Middle English arriven, ariven, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre (“to land, come ashore”), derived from Latin rīpa (“shore, river-bank”). Displaced native oncome, tocome. For the semantic evolution, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).
Words formed from arrive
Words that rhyme with arrive
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Questions about arrive
- What does arrive mean?
- Arrive means to reach; to get to a certain place.
- What is arrive in Hindi?
- Arrive in Hindi is आना (ānā), पहुँचना (pahũcnā), आगमन (āgman). See Arrive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is arrive?
- Arrive is a verb.
- How do you pronounce arrive?
- Arrive is pronounced /əˈɹaɪv/.
- What is the past tense of arrive?
- The past tense of arrive is arrived.
Words near arrive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arrive (page history and authors); arrive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చేరు (Telugu) (page history and authors); arrive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ತಲಪು (Kannada) (page history and authors); آنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); आयत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); আহ (Assamese) (page history and authors); पाल्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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