ARRIVE AT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrive at mean? 

• ARRIVE AT (verb)
  The verb ARRIVE AT has 1 sense:

1. reach a destination, either real or abstract

  Familiarity information: ARRIVE AT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARRIVE AT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reach a destination, either real or abstract

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach

Context example:

I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts

"Arrive at" entails doing...:

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

make (reach in time)

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

catch up (reach the point where one should be after a delay)

scale; surmount (reach the highest point of)

access; get at (reach or gain access to)

bottom out (reach the low point)

peak; top out (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)

breast; summit (reach the summit (of a mountain))

top (reach or ascend the top of)

make (reach in time)

find (succeed in reaching; arrive at)

culminate (reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body)

come through; get through (succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems)

ground; run aground (hit or reach the ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They arrive at the water

 Context examples 

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

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

“And when shall we arrive at Yokohama?” she asked, turning to him and looking him squarely in the eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Caused you to locate the closest restroom as soon as you arrive at a place you have never been?

(OAB-q - Locate Closest Restroom as Soon as You Arrive, NCI Thesaurus)

Whilst they are resting, I shall go over all carefully, and perhaps I may arrive at some conclusion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When the orbits cross, the objects have the possibility of colliding if they arrive at that intersection at the same time.

(NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos, NASA)

You will start discussing money in earnest once you arrive at the February 23 new moon in Pisces at four degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Go straight on, and in the evening you will arrive at a castle.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

In this study, the researchers focused on neutrophils, a particular type of immune cell, which are among the first to arrive at an injury site.

(Researchers unearth secret tunnels between the skull and the brain, National Institutes of Health)

Because all supermassive black holes are so distant, gravitational waves, which travel at the speed of light, take a long time to arrive at Earth.

(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Caused you to locate the closest restroom as soon as you arrive at a place you have never been?

(OAB-q Short Form - Locate Closest Restroom as Soon as You Arrive, NCI Thesaurus)