Arrive meaning in English

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Definition

to arrive (at the airport, in China): to reach, to get to (the airport, China) verb
to arrive at (an agreement, a decision): to reach, to come to (an agreement, a decision) verb
Note: In English, the verb "to arrive" is generally used to describe reaching a destination. The figurative sense of "succeeding" at something is less common. To reach an agreement and to reach a decision are more natural constructions.

Examples

  • "My order arrived this morning."
  • "Bruno : Ahem. Thank you all for respecting my wishes, and arriving here on time."
  • "I zap the bottles with the stock counter as soon as they arrive: one bottle, two bottles, three bottles."
  • "Your flight leaves SFO at 7:25 tonight and you arrive in Boston at 1:52 tomorrow morning."
  • "I am delighted to say that after nine long rounds of interviews, we have finally arrived at the very, very, very, VERY shortlist."
  • "When we arrived in Paris, he took me to a restaurant in the Latin quarter for a romantic dinner."
  • "I will arrive at 3:41 and 27 seconds."
  • "Bruno : Dr. Gilchrist, I arrived as soon as I could."
  • "If not, just have fun reading the official hiring policy document when it arrives."
  • "I can't make it on Friday: I just arrived in South Africa, and I'll be here for three weeks."
  • "This international restaurant "app" is handy when you arrive in a foreign city."
  • "You just have to arrive at 3am for hair and make-up."
  • "We've arrived here at the Delavigne Corporation."
  • "Brian : Bruno, your 10 o'clock has arrived for his first day of work - A Scottish gentleman, judging by the smell of him."
  • "I must admit I'm curious to know what's on your mind, but I suppose I'll have to wait until I arrive in Texas to find out."
  • "The victim, American cowgirl Joan Wayne, arrived at the beach at approximately 13:30 with friends, Sydney and Opera Smith and random Indian Horatio Oléré."
  • "Today I ordered a new server (with 10 petabytes of storage space, 8 gigabytes of RAM and 2 quad core processors), but it will arrive early next week."
  • "Imagine three bottles of Moulin Magic have just been made in the factory and arrive in the warehouse."
  • "She says she ordered a perfume from our site on Friday but it still hasn't arrived!"

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