Arrive

Arrive is sometimes a misspelling of arrived.

The word arrive is considered to be an easy one, according to the Dale-Chall word list, which includes 3000 words that all fourth-grade American students should know and understand.

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Definition of the verb arrive

What does arrive mean as a doing word?

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verb - inflections: arrived | arriving | arrives

1. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
   • examples: She arrived home at 7 o'clock | John will arrive angry
   • syntax:

     Syntactic formula	Example for the syntactic formula
     [Theme - concrete object] [Verb]	The prisoners advanced
     [Theme - concrete object] [Verb] [Location]	The convict escaped the prison
     [Theme - concrete object] [Verb] in [Oblique]	He arrived in the U.S
     [Theme - concrete object] [Verb] [Path Preposition] [Oblique]	The prisoners advanced across the field

     Verbs of Motion (with the same syntax): advance, approach, bolt, come, emerge, emigrate, fall, go, make it, plunge, recede, retreat, return, rise, set off, set out, skedaddle, tumble, vamoose, withdraw.

   • lexical domain: Motions - verbs of walking, flying, swimming
   • synonyms of arrive: come / get
   • antonym of arrive: leave
   • more specific terms:
     • set down / land = reach or come to rest
     • drive in = arrive by motorcar
     • bring down / put down / land = cause to come to the ground
     • set ashore / shore / land = arrive on shore
     • roll up = arrive in a vehicle:
     • come in / come = be received
     • attain / reach / hit = reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
     • flood in = arrive in great numbers
     • draw in / move in / pull in / get in = of trains
     • plump in = arrive suddenly and unannounced
2. succeed in a big way; get to the top
   • example: After he published his book, he had arrived
   • lexical domain: Activities - verbs of political and social activities and events
   • synonyms of arrive: get in / go far / make it
   • more generic terms: bring home the bacon / come through / deliver the goods / succeed / win = attain success or reach a desired goal

Alternative definition of the verb arrive

verb

1. [transitive, copulative] to reach
   • antonym: depart
2. [intransitive, copulative] to get to a certain place
3. [intransitive] to obtain a level of success or fame.

Business

Arrive is a Norwegian information technology company owned by Norges Statsbaner that offers a wide range of Information Technology services, primarily targeting the railway and public transport sector, with the NSB corporation being the dominant customer. The company has 70 employees, is based in Oslo and was created in 2001 as a limited company, though had been a separate division within NSB since 1970.

• official website: www.arrive.no

Music

1. "Arrive" is a musical album of Aram Shelton.
   • released in September 2005 (10 years ago)
2. "Arrive" is a musical album of Axeman.
3. "Arrive" is a musical single of F.P..
   • released on 9 April 2010 (5 years ago)

Phrases with Arrive

1. arrive at
2. to arrive at

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Arrive

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The Rise and Growth of Elevated Railroad Law (1894)

by Theodore Frelinghuysen Cornell Demarest

The conclusion at which it seems possible to arrive is that the Tallman case gives no support to the dogma of a “ choice ” between rental value and usable value, and that a distinction between the ...

The Poetics of Melancholy in Early Modern England (2004)

by Douglas Trevor

The final person to arrive is the one for whom the narrator clearly feels the most affection; indeed, it is tempting to see in the description a self-portrait of Burton himself: The twelfe and last was (a sutor in conceipt) a right honest, civill, sober man ...

I am Your Father (2012)

What every heart needs to know by Mark Stibbe

The first to arrive is the ghost of Christmas past. One year ...

The Rough Guide to New York City Restaurants (2003)

by Daniel Young

Life at Papolmo luat gets hetter and hattec Cn-owner and paatry chef Enao Peaone muit coum on one loaf of hread per dmec The next house spersalty to arrive is the rerrme di corae con hurro e preraemole ($9s. a ramekm of thelled mussels ...

Medieval Tastes (2015)

Food, Cooking, and the Table by Massimo Montanari, Beth Archer Brombert

The first to arrive is a dish of greens.

A Grammar and Dictionary of Zaiwa (2 Vols.) (2010)

by Anton Lustig

The verb <zye35> 'arrive' belongs to none of the above groups of motion verbs, since this verb refers to a direction towards a specific goal, whereas it can nevertheless be preceded by <lye35> as an adverb expressing 'come (away/ down) to ...

The Judicial Dictionary: Judicial dictionary (1903)

by Frederick Stroud, Elsie May Wheeler, John McDonald Burke

ARRIVE. — Condition of Legacy ...

To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing (2014)

by Robert Hartwell Fiske

arrive at (an/the) accord (about/as to/concerning/of/on/regarding) agree/compromise/ concur/decide/resolve/settle. • AT&T and unions representing about 160,000 ...

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Sign language

Infant Irish Sign Language: arrive

Quotes about Arrive

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time. (Dorothy Gilman)
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Scrabble value of A₁R₁R₁I₁V₄E₁

The value of this 6-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

Anagrams of ARRIVE

What do you get if you rearrange the letters?

• A RIVER
• ARVIER
• AVERIR
• RAVIER
• RIVARE
• RIVERA
• VARIER

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