ar ‧ rive S2 W1 /əˈraɪv/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: ariver , from Vulgar Latin arripare 'to come to shore' , from Latin ad- 'to' + ripa 'shore' ]
1 . GET SOMEWHERE to get to the place you are going to:
Give me a call to let me know you’ve arrived safely.
arrive in/at
What time does the plane arrive in New York?
arrive late/early
He arrived late as usual.
By the time the police arrived on the scene, the burglars had fled.
► Do not say ‘arrive to’ a place. Say arrive in/at a place : We arrived at the station ten minutes early. | The Prime Minister arrives back in Britain tonight.
2 . BE DELIVERED if something arrives, it is brought or delivered to you SYN come :
The card arrived on my birthday.
3 . HAPPEN if an event or particular period of time arrives, it happens SYN come :
When her wedding day arrived, she was really nervous.
4 . SOMETHING NEW if a new idea, method, product etc arrives, it begins to exist or starts being used:
Since computers arrived, my job has become much easier.
5 . BE BORN to be born:
Sharon’s baby arrived just after midnight.
6 . arrive at a decision/solution/compromise etc to reach a decision, solution etc after a lot of effort:
After much consideration, we have arrived at a decision.
7 . SUCCESS somebody has arrived used to say that someone has become successful or famous:
When he saw his name painted on the door he knew he’d arrived!
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COLLOCATIONS
■ adverbs
▪ arrive home
Jo should arrive home any minute now.
▪ arrive early/late
I don’t think we should arrive early.
▪ arrive on time
He never arrives on time for meetings.
▪ arrive safely
She phoned to say she had arrived safely.
▪ arrive shortly/soon
My parents are due to arrive shortly.
▪ arrive unannounced (=without anyone expecting or knowing you were coming)
He arrived unannounced yesterday and stayed the night.
■ phrases
▪ arrive safe and sound (=safely)
It was a great relief when he arrived back safe and sound.
▪ arrive on the scene (=at the place where something has just happened)
Two more police cars arrived on the scene.
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THESAURUS
▪ arrive to get to the place you are going to:
I arrived at the party at around 7 o'clock.
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They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.
▪ get to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in everyday English than arrive :
What time do you usually get to work?
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I’ll call you when I get home.
▪ reach to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey:
When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.
▪ come if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are:
She came home yesterday.
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What time did the plumber say he’d come?
▪ turn up ( also show up ) informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you:
I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.
▪ roll in informal to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it:
Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.
▪ get in to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc:
I usually get in at around 6 o'clock.
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What time did your plane get in?
▪ come in if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are:
We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.
▪ land if a plane or the passengers on it land, they arrive on the ground:
We finally landed at 2 a.m.
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They watched the planes taking off and landing.