Definitions for arrive

arrive ar·rive

Spelling: [uh-rahyv]
IPA: /əˈraɪv/

Arrive is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in arrive (aeirrv).

Definitions for arrive

noun

  1. a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.

Verb phrases

  1. arrive at, to come to a place after traveling; reach. to attain the objective in a course or process:

verb (used with object)

  1. Obsolete. to reach; come to.

verb (used without object)

  1. to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination:
  2. to come to be near or present in time:
  3. to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like:
  4. Archaic. to happen:

Origin of arrive

1175-1225; Middle English a(r)riven Old French a(r)river Vulgar Latin *arrīpāre to come to land, verbal derivative of Latin ad rīpam to the riverbank; cf. river

Examples for arrive

Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder.

Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

Let me hear from you as soon as you arrive, and in particular tell me what you mean to do with Mainwaring.

I arrive at twelve-twenty-five and the secretaries are in a tizzy.

He said Jay was anxious and wondering why it was taking so long for the police to arrive.

How can I arrive at an opinion unless I go myself, and see what it is like?

I arrive at the bungalow and find his staff standing about stunned, some of them in tears.

Let me acknowledge that there was much need of self-persuasion to arrive at this conclusion.

He is a lover of truth, and advocates the only way to arrive at it, which is by unfettered thought.

At Antwerp, he happened to arrive at the celebration of the fête in honour of Rubens.

Word Value for arrive
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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