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Arrive

//əˈɹaɪv// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reach; to get to a certain place. copulative, intransitive

    "We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch."

  2. 2
    reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress wordnet
  3. 3
    To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed. intransitive

    "He had finally arrived on Broadway."

  4. 4
    succeed in a big way; get to the top wordnet
  5. 5
    To come; said of time. intransitive

    "The time has arrived for us to depart."

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  1. 6
    To happen or occur. intransitive

    "Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives."

  2. 7
    To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate. Ireland, UK, intransitive, often, slang, vulgar
  3. 8
    To reach; to come to. archaic, transitive

    "Ere he arrive the happy isle."

  4. 9
    To bring to shore. intransitive, obsolete

    "and made the sea-trod ship arrive them"

Etymology

From Middle English arriven, ariven, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre (“to land, come ashore”), derived from Latin rīpa (“shore, river-bank”). Displaced native oncome, tocome. For the semantic evolution, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).

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