arrive

See also arrivé

English

Etymology

From Old French ariver, from Late Latin *arrīpare, from Latin ad + rīpa (“shore”). For the sense-derivation, compare land.

Pronunciation

Verb

arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)

  1. (transitive, copulative) to reach
    We have arrived here.
    We arrived at eight PM famished.
  2. (intransitive, copulative) to get to a certain place
    We arrived and booked in.
  3. (intransitive) to obtain a level of success or fame.
    He had finally arrived on Broadway.

Usage notes

  • Additional, nonstandard, and uncommon past tense and past participle are, respectively, arrove and arriven, likely formed by analogy to verbs like drove and driven.

Antonyms

Related terms

Translations

to reach
to get to a certain place
to obtain a level of success or fame
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French

Verb

arrive

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arriver
  2. third-person singular present indicative of arriver
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arriver
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arriver
  5. second-person singular imperative of arriver

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