arrive

Definitions


[əˈrʌɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- reach a place at the end of a journey or a stage in a journey
(e.g: we arrived at his house and knocked at the door)

- (of an event or a particular moment) happen or come
(e.g: we will be in touch with them when the time arrives)

- reach (a conclusion or decision)
(e.g: they arrived at the same conclusion)

- (of a baby) be born
(e.g: he will feel jealous when a new baby arrives)

- achieve success or recognition
(e.g: he still has to pinch himself to be sure he really has arrived)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘reach the shore after a voyage’): from Old French ariver, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries