arriving
uh-RY-ving/əˈɹaɪvɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of arrive.
Arriving early, she had time to settle in before the meeting began.
Passengers arriving from overseas must clear customs before collecting their bags.
Note
Its verb takes no direct object in present-day English, so this -ing form leans on a preposition: arriving at the station, arriving in Paris, arriving from overseas. As a gerund it sits comfortably after on or upon (on arriving, she called home). The older transitive pattern, with the place as a direct object (arriving the shore), is archaic and now reads as deliberately old-fashioned.
arriving is a form of arrive
arrive, verb: To reach a place at the end of a journey; to get to a destination. Full entry
- Spelling
- arrive → arriving: drop the e, add -ing
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