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arriven

arriven is the past participle of arrive.

Meaning of arrive

Verb

arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)

  1. (copulative, intransitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    fetch up
  2. (intransitive) To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
    • He had finally arrived on Broadway.
  3. (intransitive) To come; said of time.
    • The time has arrived for us to depart.
  4. (intransitive) To happen or occur.
    • Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.1666, Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter
  5. (Ireland, UK, intransitive, often, slang, vulgar) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
  6. (archaic, transitive) 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...

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Questions about arriven

What is arriven the past participle of?
Arriven is the past participle of arrive.

Words near arriven in the dictionary

  1. arrive at
  2. arrived
  3. arrived at
  4. arrivederci
  5. arrivedercis
  6. arriven
  7. arriver
  8. arrivers
  9. arrives
  10. arrives at
  11. arrivest

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