Meaning

The act of arriving (reaching a certain place)..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
2. The fact of reaching a particular point in time.
3. The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.
4. The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.
5. A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.

Example Sentences

The early arrival of the bride created a stir.

And wander we to see thy honest son, Who will of thy arrival be full joyous.

the unavoidable irregularity in the arrivals of coal ships

We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.

The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

He celebrated the arrival of payday with a shopping spree.

O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial’s point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.

I now fell into a regular routine of apprenticeship-life, which was varied […] by no more remarkable circumstance than the arrival of my birthday and my paying another visit to Miss Havisham.

Word Forms

• arrivals

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When Should You Use Arrival?

Use arrival when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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