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arrive

verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ə-rīvʹ
  • /əˈɹaɪv/
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  • rhymes with -aɪv
  • CMU ARPABET: ER0 AY1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To reach; to get to a certain place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative, intransitive

Examples

  • We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.
  • He arrived home for two days.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fetch up

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • He had finally arrived on Broadway.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To come; said of time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The time has arrived for us to depart.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To happen or occur.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, intransitive, often, slang, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To reach; to come to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To bring to shore.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She arrived home at 7 o'clock
  • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get, come

Antonyms: leave

Narrower terms: land, set down, drive in, put down, bring down, set ashore, shore, roll up, come, come in, reach, hit, attain, flood in, pull in, get in, move in, draw in, plump in

9

verb

Meaning 9

succeed in a big way; get to the top

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • After he published his book, he had arrived
  • I don't know whether I can make it in science!
  • You will go far, my boy!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make it, get in, go far

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

383 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aankom — to reach
  • Afrikaans: arriveer — to reach
  • Albanian: arrij — to reach
  • Amharic: ደረሰ (däräsä) — to reach
  • Arabic: وَصَلَ (waṣala) — to reach
  • Arabic: وصل (wiṣil, waṣal) — to reach
  • Arabic: وصل (wṣal) — to reach
  • Arabic: وصل (wíṣil, wáṣal) — to reach
  • Aragonese: plegar — to reach
  • Argobba: ዴረሳ (dēräsā) — to reach
  • Armenian: ժամանել (žamanel) — to reach
  • Armenian: հասնել (hasnel) — to reach
  • Aromanian: agiungu — to reach
  • Azerbaijani: gəlmək — to reach
  • Azerbaijani: gəlib çatmaq — to reach
  • Azerbaijani: varid olmaq — to reach
  • Baba Malay: sampei — to reach
  • Bashkir: килеп етеү (kilep yetew) — to reach
  • Bashkir: барып етеү (barıp yetew) — to reach
  • Basque: heldu — to reach
  • Belarusian: дахо́дзіць (daxódzicʹ) — to reach
  • Belarusian: дайсці́ (dajscí) — to reach
  • Belarusian: даязджа́ць (dajazdžácʹ) — to reach
  • Belarusian: дае́хаць (dajéxacʹ) — to reach
  • Belarusian: далята́ць (daljatácʹ) — to reach
  • Belarusian: даляце́ць (daljacjécʹ) — to reach
  • Bengali: আগমন করা (agomon kora) — to reach
  • Bulgarian: дости́гам (dostígam) — to reach
  • Bulgarian: дости́гна (dostígna) — to reach
  • Bulgarian: присти́гам (pristígam) — to reach
  • Bulgarian: присти́гна (pristígna) — to reach
  • Bulgarian: явя́вам се (javjávam se) — to reach
  • Bulgarian: явя́ се (javjá se) — to reach
  • Burmese: ရောက် (rauk) — to reach
  • Catalan: arribar — to reach
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎷᎦ (galuga) — to reach
  • Chichewa: fika — to reach
  • Chinese Cantonese: 到 (dou3) — to reach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到達 /到达 (dàodá) — to reach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到 (dào) — to reach
  • Czech: dorážet — to reach
  • Czech: dorazit — to reach
  • Czech: docházet — to reach
  • Czech: dojít — to reach
  • Czech: dojíždět — to reach
  • Czech: dojet — to reach
  • Czech: doletovat — to reach
  • Czech: dolétat — to reach
  • Czech: doletět — to reach
  • Danish: ankomme — to reach
  • Dutch: bereiken — to reach
  • Dutch: aankomen — to reach
  • Dutch: arriveren — to reach
  • Esperanto: alveni — to reach
  • Estonian: saabuma — to reach
  • Faroese: koma — to reach
  • Finnish: saapua — to reach
  • Finnish: tulla perille — to reach
  • French: arriver — to reach
  • North Frisian: uunkem — to reach
  • West-Frisian: bereitsje — to reach
  • West-Frisian: berikke — to reach
  • West-Frisian: oankomme — to reach
  • Friulian: rivâ — to reach
  • Galician: chegar — to reach
  • German: gelangen — to reach
  • German: kommen — to reach
  • German: erreichen — to reach
  • German: ankommen — to reach
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (atfarjan) — to reach
  • Greek: φτάνω (ftáno) — to reach
  • Ancient Greek: πάρειμι (páreimi) — to reach
  • Ancient Greek: ἀφικνέομαι (aphiknéomai) — to reach
  • Ancient Greek: ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai) — to reach
  • Ancient Greek: ἀφικάνω (aphikánō) — to reach
  • Ancient Greek: ἱκάνω (hikánō) — to reach
  • Mbya Guarani: vaẽ — to reach
  • Hebrew: הִגִּיעַ (higía) — to reach
  • Hindi: आना (ānā) — to reach
  • Hindi: पहुँचना (pahũcnā) — to reach
  • Hindi: आगमन (āgman) — to reach
  • Hungarian: elér — to reach
  • Icelandic: koma — to reach
  • Ido: arivar — to reach
  • Indonesian: capai — to reach
  • Indonesian: sampai — to reach
  • Indonesian: gapai — to reach
  • Italian: arrivare — to reach
  • Italian: giungere — to reach
  • Japanese: 着く (tsuku) — to reach
  • Japanese: 到着する (tōchaku suru) — to reach
  • Kabuverdianu: txiga — to reach
  • Kabuverdianu: txegá — to reach
  • Kongo: kukuma — to reach
  • Korean: 도착하다 (dochakhada) — to reach
  • Lao: ຮອດ (hǭt) — to reach
  • Lao: ເຖິງ (thœng) — to reach
  • Latgalian: dativēt — to reach
  • Latgalian: atīt — to reach
  • Latgalian: atsarast — to reach
  • Latin: advenio — to reach
  • Latin: pervenio — to reach
  • Latin: devenio — to reach
  • Latvian: ierasties — to reach
  • Latvian: atbraukt — to reach
  • Lithuanian: atvykti — to reach
  • Low German: ankamen — to reach
  • Manchu: ᡳᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᠠᠮᠪᡳ (isinambi) — to reach
  • Māori: tae — to reach
  • Māori: taetae — to reach
  • Maranao: danon — to reach
  • Maranao: oma — to reach
  • Marathi: पोहोचणे (pohocṇe) — to reach
  • Marathi: येणे (yeṇe) — to reach
  • Central Sierra Miwok: hý·ja — to reach
  • Mongolian: хүрэх (xürex) — to reach
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠷᠬᠦ (kürkü) — to reach
  • Nahuatl: ahci — to reach
  • Nahuatl: ehco — to reach
  • Norman: arriver — to reach
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ankomme — to reach
  • Occitan: arribar — to reach
  • Old English: ancuman — to reach
  • Dari: رَسِیدَن (rasīdan) — to reach
  • Iranian Persian: رَسیدَن (rasidan) — to reach
  • Polish: dochodzić — to reach
  • Polish: dojść — to reach
  • Polish: dojeżdżać — to reach
  • Polish: dojechać — to reach
  • Polish: dolatywać impf dolecieć — to reach
  • Portuguese: chegar — to reach
  • Quechua: chamuy — to reach
  • Romanian: ajunge — to reach
  • Romanian: sosi — to reach
  • Romansh: arrivar — to reach
  • Romansh: rivar — to reach
  • Romansh: river — to reach
  • Romansh: arivar — to reach
  • Russian: доходи́ть (doxodítʹ) — to reach
  • Russian: дойти́ (dojtí) — to reach
  • Russian: доезжа́ть (dojezžátʹ) — to reach
  • Russian: дое́хать (dojéxatʹ) — to reach
  • Russian: долета́ть (doletátʹ) — to reach
  • Russian: долете́ть (doletétʹ) — to reach
  • Sardinian: arribbai — to reach
  • Sardinian: arribbare — to reach
  • Sardinian: arrivare — to reach
  • Sardinian: arribbari — to reach
  • Sardinian: erribbai — to reach
  • Scots: win tae — to reach
  • Serbo-Croatian: dospjeti — to reach
  • Serbo-Croatian: доспети — to reach
  • Serbo-Croatian: dospeti — to reach
  • Serbo-Croatian: doletjeti — to reach
  • Sicilian: arrivari — to reach
  • Sicilian: arruvari — to reach
  • Slovak: dôjsť — to reach
  • Slovak: doraziť — to reach
  • Slovene: prispeti — to reach
  • Lower Sorbian: pśichadaś — to reach
  • Lower Sorbian: pśiś — to reach
  • Lower Sorbian: pśijězdźowaś — to reach
  • Lower Sorbian: pśijěś — to reach
  • Upper Sorbian: dochadźeć — to reach
  • Upper Sorbian: dóńć pf: přijěć — to reach
  • Spanish: llegar — to reach
  • Spanish: arribar — to reach
  • Swahili: kufika — to reach
  • Swedish: anlända — to reach
  • Swedish: ankomma — to reach
  • Tagalog: dumating — to reach
  • Tetum: to'o — to reach
  • Thai: ถึง (tʉ̌ng) — to reach
  • Thai: สู่ (sùu) — to reach
  • Thai: มาถึง (maa-tʉ̌ng) — to reach
  • Tumbuka: fika — to reach
  • Turkish: varmak — to reach
  • Tuvan: чедер (çeder) — to reach
  • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎙𐎊 (mġy) — to reach
  • Ukrainian: дохо́дити (doxódyty) — to reach
  • Ukrainian: дійти́ (dijtý) — to reach
  • Ukrainian: доїжджа́ти (dojiždžáty) — to reach
  • Ukrainian: дої́хати (dojíxaty) — to reach
  • Urdu: آنا (ānā) — to reach
  • Urdu: پہنچنا (pahũcnā) — to reach
  • Urdu: آمدہ ہونا (āmadā honā) — to reach
  • Venetan: rivar — to reach
  • Vietnamese: đến — to reach
  • Walloon: ariver — to reach
  • Walloon: avni — to reach
  • Welsh: cyrraedd — to reach
  • Yakut: тиий (tiiy) — to reach
  • Yiddish: אָנקומען (onkumen) — to reach
  • Yiddish: קומען (kumen) — to reach
  • Zhuang: daengz — to reach
  • Afrikaans: aankom — to get to a certain place
  • Afrikaans: arriveer — to get to a certain place
  • Albanian: vij — to get to a certain place
  • Arabic: وَصَلَ (waṣala) — to get to a certain place
  • Arabic: وصل (wṣal) — to get to a certain place
  • Armenian: ժամանել (žamanel) — to get to a certain place
  • Armenian: հասնել (hasnel) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прыбыва́ць (prybyvácʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прыбы́ць (prybýcʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прыхо́дзіць (pryxódzicʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: пры́йсці (prýjsci) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прыязджа́ць (pryjazdžácʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прые́хаць (pryjéxacʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прылята́ць (pryljatácʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Belarusian: прыляце́ць (pryljacjécʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Bulgarian: стигам (stigam) — to get to a certain place
  • Bulgarian: пристигам (pristigam) — to get to a certain place
  • Burmese: ရောက် (rauk) — to get to a certain place
  • Catalan: arribar — to get to a certain place
  • Cebuano: abot — to get to a certain place
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎷᎦ (galuga) — to get to a certain place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到達 /到达 (dàodá) — to get to a certain place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到 (dào) — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: dorážet — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: dorazit — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přicházet — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přijít — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přijíždět — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přijet — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přilétat — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přiletět — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přicestovat — to get to a certain place
  • Czech: přibývat impf přibýt — to get to a certain place
  • Danish: ankomme — to get to a certain place
  • Dutch: aankomen — to get to a certain place
  • Dutch: arriveren — to get to a certain place
  • Dutch: bereiken — to get to a certain place
  • Esperanto: alveni — to get to a certain place
  • Even: эм- (əm-) — to get to a certain place
  • Evenki: эмэ- (əmə-) — to get to a certain place
  • Finnish: saapua — to get to a certain place
  • Finnish: tulla perille — to get to a certain place
  • French: arriver — to get to a certain place
  • West-Frisian: bereitsje — to get to a certain place
  • West-Frisian: berikke — to get to a certain place
  • West-Frisian: oankomme — to get to a certain place
  • Friulian: rivâ — to get to a certain place
  • Galician: chegar — to get to a certain place
  • German: ankommen — to get to a certain place
  • German: einlangen — to get to a certain place
  • German: einlaufen — to get to a certain place
  • German: eintreffen — to get to a certain place
  • Greek: φτάνω (ftáno) — to get to a certain place
  • Ancient Greek: ἀφικνέομαι (aphiknéomai) — to get to a certain place
  • Hebrew: הִגִּיעַ (higía) — to get to a certain place
  • Hindi: पहुँचना (pahũcnā) — to get to a certain place
  • Hungarian: érkezik — to get to a certain place
  • Hungarian: megérkezik — to get to a certain place
  • Ido: arivar — to get to a certain place
  • Indonesian: sampai — to get to a certain place
  • Italian: arrivare — to get to a certain place
  • Italian: giungere — to get to a certain place
  • Japanese: 着く (tsuku) — to get to a certain place
  • Japanese: 到着する (tōchaku-suru) — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: كەلۋ — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: كەلىپ جەتۋ — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: كەلىپ ٴتۇسۋ — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: келу (kelu) — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: келіп жету (kelıp jetu) — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: келіп түсу (kelıp tüsu) — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: kelý — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: kelip jetý — to get to a certain place
  • Kazakh: kelip túsý — to get to a certain place
  • Khmer: ដល់ (dɑl) — to get to a certain place
  • Kituba: kuma — to get to a certain place
  • Kituba: kukuma — to get to a certain place
  • Korean: 도착하다 (dochakhada) — to get to a certain place
  • Central Kurdish: گەیشتن (geyiştin) — to get to a certain place
  • Lao: ຈວບ (chūap) — to get to a certain place
  • Lao: ຈູ້ (chū) — to get to a certain place
  • Lao: ຊອດ (sǭt) — to get to a certain place
  • Lao: ດົນ (don) — to get to a certain place
  • Lao: ມາ (mā) — to get to a certain place
  • Lao: ເຖິງ (thœng) — to get to a certain place
  • Latin: advenio — to get to a certain place
  • Latin: pervenio — to get to a certain place
  • Latin: devenio — to get to a certain place
  • Lingala: kóma — to get to a certain place
  • Lingala: ya — to get to a certain place
  • Malay: sampai — to get to a certain place
  • Malay: tiba — to get to a certain place
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: uma — to get to a certain place
  • Mansaka: abot — to get to a certain place
  • Mansaka: datung — to get to a certain place
  • Māori: tae — to get to a certain place
  • Māori: taetae — to get to a certain place
  • Maranao: oma — to get to a certain place
  • Marathi: पोहोचणे (pohocṇe) — to get to a certain place
  • Central Sierra Miwok: hý·ja — to get to a certain place
  • Mongo: kita — to get to a certain place
  • Norman: arriver — to get to a certain place
  • Norwegian: ankomme — to get to a certain place
  • Occitan: arribar — to get to a certain place
  • Papiamentu: yega — to get to a certain place
  • Polabian: komot — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przybywać — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przybyć — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przychodzić — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przyjść — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przyjeżdżać — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przyjechać — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przylatywać — to get to a certain place
  • Polish: przylecieć — to get to a certain place
  • Portuguese: chegar — to get to a certain place
  • Quechua: chayay — to get to a certain place
  • Romanian: ajunge — to get to a certain place
  • Romansh: arrivar — to get to a certain place
  • Romansh: rivar — to get to a certain place
  • Romansh: river — to get to a certain place
  • Romansh: arivar — to get to a certain place
  • Russian: прибыва́ть (pribyvátʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Russian: прибы́ть (pribýtʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Russian: приходи́ть (prixodítʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Russian: прийти́ (prijtí) — to get to a certain place
  • Russian: приезжа́ть (prijezžátʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Russian: прие́хать (prijéxatʹ) — to get to a certain place
  • Sardinian: arribbai — to get to a certain place
  • Sardinian: arribbare — to get to a certain place
  • Sardinian: arrivare — to get to a certain place
  • Sardinian: arribbari — to get to a certain place
  • Sardinian: erribbai — to get to a certain place
  • Scots: win tae — to get to a certain place
  • Sicilian: arrivari — to get to a certain place
  • Sicilian: arruvari — to get to a certain place
  • Slovak: prísť — to get to a certain place
  • Slovak: prichádzať — to get to a certain place
  • Upper Sorbian: přichadźeć — to get to a certain place
  • Upper Sorbian: přińć — to get to a certain place
  • Spanish: llegar — to get to a certain place
  • Spanish: arribar — to get to a certain place
  • Swedish: komma fram — to get to a certain place
  • Swedish: anlända — to get to a certain place
  • Swedish: ankomma — to get to a certain place
  • Tagalog: dumating — to get to a certain place
  • Tausug: datung — to get to a certain place
  • Thai: มา (maa) — to get to a certain place
  • Thai: ถึง (tʉ̌ng) — to get to a certain place
  • Turkish: varmak — to get to a certain place
  • Tuvan: келир (kelir) — to get to a certain place
  • Tuvan: чедип келир (çedip kelir) — to get to a certain place
  • Tuvan: ап чедер (ap çeder) — to get to a certain place
  • Ukrainian: прихо́дити (pryxódyty) — to get to a certain place
  • Ukrainian: прийти́ (pryjtý) — to get to a certain place
  • Ukrainian: приїжджа́ти (pryjiždžáty) — to get to a certain place
  • Ukrainian: приїзди́ти (pryjizdýty) — to get to a certain place
  • Ukrainian: приї́хати (pryjíxaty) — to get to a certain place
  • Urdu: پہنچنا (pahũcnā) — to get to a certain place
  • Venetan: rivar — to get to a certain place
  • Vietnamese: đến — to get to a certain place
  • Walloon: ariver — to get to a certain place
  • Welsh: cyrraedd — to get to a certain place
  • Yakut: кэл (kel) — to get to a certain place
  • Albanian: arrij — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Arabic: نجح (njaḥ) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Bulgarian: постигам (postigam) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Dutch: bereiken — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Dutch: het gemaakt hebben — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Finnish: saapua — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Finnish: tulla perille — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • French: réussir — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • French: percer — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • German: schaffen — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Hebrew: הִגִּיעַ (higía) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Hungarian: befut — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Hungarian: beérkezik — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Indonesian: capai — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Central Kurdish: گەیشتن (geyiştin) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Polish: dojść (do czegoś) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Portuguese: vencer — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Russian: достига́ть (dostigátʹ) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Russian: дости́чь (dostíčʹ) — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Slovak: dosiahnuť — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Spanish: lograr — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Spanish: triunfar — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Spanish: tener éxito — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Tagalog: dumating — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Walloon: ariver — to obtain a level of success or fame
  • Walloon: reyussi — to obtain a level of success or fame