# arrive

Pronunciation: say "uh-RYV" /əˈɹaɪv/

## Verb

1. To reach a place at the end of a journey; to get to a destination.
   - Simple: To get to the place you were going to.
   - _Thousands of fans arrive early to get good seats._
   - _Her letter arrived three days late._
2. Of a moment or period of time, to come or begin.
   - Simple: Of a time or day, to come at last.
   - _The day of reckoning will arrive sooner than they expect._
   - _Spring arrived weeks ahead of schedule._
3. To come about; to occur as an event or development.
   - Simple: To happen or take place.
   - _Opportunities arrive when you least expect them._
   - _A turning point arrived midway through the negotiations._
4. To come to a judgment, an answer or an agreement with others, especially as the result of thinking or discussion; followed by at.
   - Simple: To come to a decision or an answer after thinking or talking about it, used with "at".
   - _The committee needs more data before it can arrive at a decision._
   - _Negotiators arrived at a compromise late on Friday night._
5. To reach a position of success, recognition, or fame.
   - Simple: To become successful or well known.
   - _Directors know they have arrived when critics start quoting them._
   - _He felt he would finally arrive once the gallery showed his work._
6. Of a baby, to be born and enter the world.
   - Simple: Of a baby, to be born.
   - _The baby is due to arrive in early March._
   - _Their daughter arrived three weeks early but healthy._
7. To achieve orgasm; to climax sexually. *(slang, Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: To reach orgasm.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English arriven, from Old French ariver, which goes back to the Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre ("to land, come ashore"). That word derived from Latin rīpa ("shore, river-bank"), and it displaced the native English words oncome and tocome.

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