Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To reach a destination.
- intransitive verb To come at length; take place.
- intransitive verb To achieve success or recognition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Arrival.
- To bring (a ship or its passengers) to shore; land.
- To reach.
- To come to; happen to.
- To come to or reach a certain point in the course of travel: with at: as, we arrived at Havre-de-Grace.
- To reach a point or stage by progressive advance; attain to a certain result or state: with at, formerly sometimes with to: as, to
arrive at an unusual degree of excellence; to arrive at a conclusion. - To happen or occur: with to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Arrival.
- transitive verb obsolete To bring to shore.
- transitive verb Archaic To reach; to come to.
- intransitive verb 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 byto ), also byin andfrom . - intransitive verb To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
- intransitive verb or attain to.
- intransitive verb To come; said of time.
- intransitive verb Archaic To happen or occur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, copulative to
reach - verb intransitive, copulative to
get to acertain place - verb intransitive to
obtain alevel ofsuccess orfame .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- verb succeed in a big way; get to the top
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The decade following saw the first railway train arrive from the East, the first C.P.R. steamship anchored in port, the Klondike "boom," and the great mining industries of British Columbia well under way.
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The amount of packaging in which many toys arrive is aggravating and ridiculous.
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Their alternative if they can't wait for the plumber to arrive, is riding the emergency escape docking ship back down to earth. * shudders*
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Their alternative if they can't wait for the plumber to arrive, is riding the emergency escape docking ship back down to earth. * shudders*
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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We are reminded of Goethe's words, when he said: "Say yes ... (for) the moment you do, then mountains move, and helpmates arrive from the most unimaginable places."
Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small? Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Bond redemption pressures for Portugal and Spain arrive in March and April.
All-Clear in Euro-Zone Government Bonds? Richard Barley 2010
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We are reminded of Goethe's words, when he said: "Say yes ... (for) the moment you do, then mountains move, and helpmates arrive from the most unimaginable places."
Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small? Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Soldiers said they expected more supplies to arrive from the U.S. later in the day.
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We are reminded of Goethe's words, when he said: "Say yes ... (for) the moment you do, then mountains move, and helpmates arrive from the most unimaginable places."
Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small? Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Like me, one man who has been patiently waiting for the future to arrive is Ted Morgan, chief executive of Skyhook Wireless, a Boston-based company that provides location-based service as an infrastructure.
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