ARRIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrive mean? 

• ARRIVE (verb)
  The verb ARRIVE has 2 senses:

1. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

2. succeed in a big way; get to the top

  Familiarity information: ARRIVE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARRIVE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they arrive    ... he / she / it arrives   
Past simple: arrived   
Past participle: arrived   
-ing form: arriving   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arrive; come; get

Context example:

She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

Verb group:

get (reach and board)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "arrive"):

land; set down (reach or come to rest)

drive in (arrive by motorcar)

bring down; land; put down (cause to come to the ground)

land; set ashore; shore (arrive on shore)

roll up (arrive in a vehicle:)

come; come in (be received)

attain; hit; reach (reach a point in time, or a certain state or level)

flood in (arrive in great numbers)

draw in; get in; move in; pull in (of trains; move into (a station))

plump in (arrive suddenly and unannounced)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

John will arrive angry

Antonym:

leave (go away from a place)

Derivation:

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

arriver (someone who arrives (or has arrived))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Succeed in a big way; get to the top

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

arrive; get in; go far; make it

Context example:

You will go far, my boy!

Hypernyms (to "arrive" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

She had only just arrived in London.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A letter arrived for my father yesterday evening, bearing the Fordingbridge postmark.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I think that I may arrive at my facts most directly by questioning you.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If Gertrude had been frightened when she arrived, she was now in a panic of fear.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

These people are most excellent mathematicians, and arrived to a great perfection in mechanics, by the countenance and encouragement of the emperor, who is a renowned patron of learning.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Van Helsing and I arrived at Hillingham at eight o'clock.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was midnight when I arrived at home.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as College Park.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

When Keesh arrived a messenger was sent to him, bidding him come to the council.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

And thus I thought, even as we chaffed each other’s appearance, until we arrived ashore and there were other things to think about.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)