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arrives

/əˈɹaɪvz/

arrives is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 arrives

What is arrives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Arrives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of arrive.
How do you pronounce arrives?
Arrives is pronounced /əˈɹaɪvz/.

Words near arrives in the dictionary

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

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