arrive
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: arrives
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: arriving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: arrived
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: arrived
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To reach; to get to a certain place.
pos: verb
tags: copulative
intransitive
examples: 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.
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gloss: To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To come; said of time.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The time has arrived for us to depart.
gloss: To happen or occur.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
gloss: To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
pos: verb
tags: Ireland
UK
intransitive
often
slang
vulgar
gloss: To reach; to come to.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: Ere he arrive the happy isle.
Ere we could arrive the point proposed.
Arrive at last the blessed goal.
gloss: To bring to shore.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: and made the sea-trod ship arrive them
Antonyms: depart
Related words: arrival
Derived words: arrivance
arrivant
arrive at
it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
rearrive
unarrived
unarriving
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: aankom
lang: Afrikaans
word: arriveer
lang: Albanian
word: arrij
lang: Amharic
word: ደረሰ
roman: däräsä
lang: Arabic
word: وَصَلَ
roman: waṣala
lang: Arabic
word: وصل
roman: wiṣil, waṣal
lang: Arabic
word: وصل
roman: wṣal
lang: Arabic
word: وصل
roman: wíṣil, wáṣal
lang: Aragonese
word: plegar
lang: Argobba
word: ዴረሳ
roman: dēräsā
lang: Armenian
word: ժամանել
roman: žamanel
lang: Armenian
word: հասնել
roman: hasnel
lang: Aromanian
word: agiungu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: gəlmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: gəlib çatmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: varid olmaq
lang: Baba Malay
word: sampei
lang: Bashkir
word: килеп етеү
roman: kilep yetew
lang: Bashkir
word: барып етеү
roman: barıp yetew
lang: Basque
word: heldu
lang: Belarusian
word: дахо́дзіць
roman: daxódzicʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: дайсці́
roman: dajscí
lang: Belarusian
word: даязджа́ць
roman: dajazdžácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: дае́хаць
roman: dajéxacʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: далята́ць
roman: daljatácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: даляце́ць
roman: daljacjécʹ
lang: Bengali
word: আগমন করা
roman: agomon kora
lang: Bulgarian
word: дости́гам
roman: dostígam
lang: Bulgarian
word: дости́гна
roman: dostígna
lang: Bulgarian
word: присти́гам
roman: pristígam
lang: Bulgarian
word: присти́гна
roman: pristígna
lang: Bulgarian
word: явя́вам се
roman: javjávam se
lang: Bulgarian
word: явя́ се
roman: javjá se
lang: Burmese
word: ရောက်
roman: rauk
lang: Catalan
word: arribar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᎷᎦ
roman: galuga
lang: Chichewa
word: fika
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 到
roman: dou³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 到達 /到达
roman: dàodá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 到
roman: dào
lang: Czech
word: dorážet
lang: Czech
word: dorazit
lang: Czech
word: docházet
lang: Czech
word: dojít
lang: Czech
word: dojíždět
lang: Czech
word: dojet
lang: Czech
word: doletovat
lang: Czech
word: dolétat
lang: Czech
word: doletět
lang: Danish
word: ankomme
lang: Dutch
word: bereiken
lang: Dutch
word: aankomen
lang: Dutch
word: arriveren
lang: Esperanto
word: alveni
lang: Estonian
word: saabuma
lang: Faroese
word: koma
lang: Finnish
word: saapua
lang: Finnish
word: tulla perille
lang: French
word: arriver
lang: North Frisian
word: uunkem
lang: West-Frisian
word: bereitsje
lang: West-Frisian
word: berikke
lang: West-Frisian
word: oankomme
lang: Friulian
word: rivâ
lang: Galician
word: chegar
lang: German
word: gelangen
lang: German
word: kommen
lang: German
word: erreichen
lang: German
word: ankommen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐍄𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: atfarjan
lang: Greek
word: φτάνω
roman: ftáno
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πάρειμι
roman: páreimi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀφικνέομαι
roman: aphiknéomai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἱκνέομαι
roman: hiknéomai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀφικάνω
roman: aphikánō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἱκάνω
roman: hikánō
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: vaẽ
lang: Hebrew
word: הִגִּיעַ
roman: higía
lang: Hindi
word: आना
roman: ānā
lang: Hindi
word: पहुँचना
roman: pahũcnā
lang: Hindi
word: आगमन
roman: āgman
lang: Hungarian
word: elér
lang: Icelandic
word: koma
lang: Ido
word: arivar
lang: Indonesian
word: capai
lang: Indonesian
word: sampai
lang: Indonesian
word: gapai
lang: Italian
word: arrivare
lang: Italian
word: giungere
lang: Japanese
word: 着く
roman: tsuku
lang: Japanese
word: 到着する
roman: tōchaku suru
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: txiga
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: txegá
lang: Kongo
word: kukuma
lang: Korean
word: 도착하다
roman: dochakhada
lang: Lao
word: ຮອດ
roman: hǭt
lang: Lao
word: ເຖິງ
roman: thœng
lang: Latgalian
word: dativēt
lang: Latgalian
word: atīt
lang: Latgalian
word: atsarast
lang: Latin
word: advenio
lang: Latin
word: pervenio
lang: Latin
word: devenio
lang: Latvian
word: ierasties
lang: Latvian
word: atbraukt
lang: Lithuanian
word: atvykti
lang: Low German
word: ankamen
lang: Manchu
word: ᡳᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᠠᠮᠪᡳ
roman: isinambi
lang: Māori
word: tae
lang: Māori
word: taetae
lang: Maranao
word: danon
lang: Maranao
word: oma
lang: Marathi
word: पोहोचणे
roman: pohocṇe
lang: Marathi
word: येणे
roman: yeṇe
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: hý·ja
lang: Mongolian
word: хүрэх
roman: xürex
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠦᠷᠬᠦ
roman: kürkü
lang: Nahuatl
word: ahci
lang: Nahuatl
word: ehco
lang: Norman
word: arriver
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ankomme
lang: Occitan
word: arribar
lang: Old English
word: ancuman
lang: Dari
word: رَسِیدَن
roman: rasīdan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: رَسیدَن
roman: rasidan
lang: Polish
word: dochodzić
lang: Polish
word: dojść
lang: Polish
word: dojeżdżać
lang: Polish
word: dojechać
lang: Polish
word: dolatywać impf dolecieć
lang: Portuguese
word: chegar
lang: Quechua
word: chamuy
lang: Romanian
word: ajunge
lang: Romanian
word: sosi
lang: Romansh
word: arrivar
lang: Romansh
word: rivar
lang: Romansh
word: river
lang: Romansh
word: arivar
lang: Russian
word: доходи́ть
roman: doxodítʹ
lang: Russian
word: дойти́
roman: dojtí
lang: Russian
word: доезжа́ть
roman: dojezžátʹ
lang: Russian
word: дое́хать
roman: dojéxatʹ
lang: Russian
word: долета́ть
roman: doletátʹ
lang: Russian
word: долете́ть
roman: doletétʹ
lang: Sardinian
word: arribbai
lang: Sardinian
word: arribbare
lang: Sardinian
word: arrivare
lang: Sardinian
word: arribbari
lang: Sardinian
word: erribbai
lang: Scots
word: win tae
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dospjeti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: доспети
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dospeti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: doletjeti
lang: Sicilian
word: arrivari
lang: Sicilian
word: arruvari
lang: Slovak
word: dôjsť
lang: Slovak
word: doraziť
lang: Slovene
word: prispeti
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pśichadaś
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pśiś
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pśijězdźowaś
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pśijěś
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: dochadźeć
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: dóńć pf: přijěć
lang: Spanish
word: llegar
lang: Spanish
word: arribar
lang: Swahili
word: kufika
lang: Swedish
word: anlända
lang: Swedish
word: ankomma
lang: Tagalog
word: dumating
lang: Tetum
word: to'o
lang: Thai
word: ถึง
roman: tʉ̌ng
lang: Thai
word: สู่
roman: sùu
lang: Thai
word: มาถึง
roman: maa-tʉ̌ng
lang: Tumbuka
word: fika
lang: Turkish
word: varmak
lang: Tuvan
word: чедер
roman: çeder
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎎𐎙𐎊
roman: mġy
lang: Ukrainian
word: дохо́дити
roman: doxódyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: дійти́
roman: dijtý
lang: Ukrainian
word: доїжджа́ти
roman: dojiždžáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: дої́хати
roman: dojíxaty
lang: Urdu
word: آنا
roman: ānā
lang: Urdu
word: پہنچنا
roman: pahũcnā
lang: Urdu
word: آمدہ ہونا
roman: āmadā honā
lang: Venetan
word: rivar
lang: Vietnamese
word: đến
lang: Walloon
word: ariver
lang: Walloon
word: avni
lang: Welsh
word: cyrraedd
lang: Yakut
word: тиий
roman: tiiy
lang: Yiddish
word: אָנקומען
roman: onkumen
lang: Yiddish
word: קומען
roman: kumen
lang: Zhuang
word: daengz