arrive
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See also arrivé
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French ariver, from Late Latin *arrīpare, from Latin ad + rīpa (“shore”). For the sense-derivation, compare land.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)
- (transitive, copulative) to reach
- We have arrived here.
- We arrived at eight PM famished.
- (intransitive, copulative) to get to a certain place
- We arrived and booked in.
- (intransitive) to obtain a level of success or fame.
- He had finally arrived on Broadway.
Usage notes [edit]
- Additional, nonstandard, and uncommon past tense and past participle are, respectively, arrove and arriven, likely formed by analogy to verbs like drove and driven.
Antonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to reach
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to get to a certain place
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to obtain a level of success or fame
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Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
arrive
- first-person singular present indicative of arriver
- third-person singular present indicative of arriver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of arriver
- third-person singular present subjunctive of arriver
- second-person singular imperative of arriver
