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Arrived Arrive I Late əˈraɪv Time Home Safely

Word arrive
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / əˈraɪv / NAmE / əˈraɪv /
Example
  • i'll wait until they arrive.
  • i was pleased to hear you arrived home safely.
  • to arrive early/late for a meeting
  • the police arrived to arrest him.
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arrive

(verb)BrE / əˈraɪv / NAmE / əˈraɪv /
  1. to get to a place, especially at the end of a journey
    • I'll wait until they arrive.
    • I was pleased to hear you arrived home safely.
    • to arrive early/late for a meeting
    • The police arrived to arrest him.
    • She'll arrive in New York at noon.
    • The train arrived at the station 20 minutes late.
    • By the time I arrived on the scene, it was all over.
    • We didn't arrive back at the hotel until very late.
  2. to be brought to somebody
    • A letter arrived for you this morning.
    • Send your application to arrive by 31 October.
    • We waited an hour for our lunch to arrive.
    • The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves (= be available) early next year.
  3. to happen or to come, especially when you have been waiting for it
    • The wedding day finally arrived.
    • The baby arrived (= was born) early.
  4. somebody has become successful
    • He knew he had arrived when he was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.

    Extra Examples

    • I should arrive in London tomorrow morning.
    • My uncle arrived unannounced yesterday evening.
    • The package failed to arrive.
    • We are due to arrive in Rome at ten o’clock.
    • We arrived at the hotel late.
    • We finally arrived at our destination late that evening.
    • We should arrive shortly.
    • We should be arriving shortly.
    • A package arrived for you this morning.
    • A pile of letters had arrived on my desk.
    • Ambulances quickly arrived at the scene.
    • As autumn arrives the birds migrate south.
    • As usual, my brother was the last to arrive.
    • Let us know if you think you might arrive late.
    • She likes to arrive unannounced.
    • She’ll arrive in New York at around noon.
    • Summer arrived early that year.
    • The age of industrialization had arrived.
    • The day of the wedding finally arrived.
    • The lad has arrived as a Premiership goalkeeper.
    • The moment had arrived. It was time to leave.
    • The train is due to arrive any time now.
    • They all arrived home safely.
    • We didn’t arrive back at the hotel till very late.
    • We were the first to arrive.
    • What time did they arrive?
    • Your application should arrive by 29 June.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they arrive
    • he / she / it arrives
    • past simple arrived
    • past participle arrived
    • -ing form arriving

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (in the sense ‘reach the shore after a voyage’): from Old French ariver, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’.
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