arriving

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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