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The Meaning of arrive

  • (v. i.) To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
  • (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
  • (v. i.) To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
  • (v. i.) To happen or occur.
  • (v. t.) To bring to shore.
  • (v. t.) To reach; to come to.
  • (n.) Arrival.

Synonyms

get , come , make it , get in , go far

Antonyms

leave

Rhymes

alive , archive , beehive , c5 , chive , clive , clyve , connive , contrive , deprive , derive , dive , dr , drive , five , hive , jive , live , m5 , nosedive , overdrive , revive , shive , shrive , skive , strive , survive , thrive , vive