Arrival
[ə'raɪv(ə)l] or [ə'raɪvəl]
Definition
(noun.) accomplishment of an objective.
(noun.) the act of arriving at a certain place; 'they awaited her arrival'.
(noun.) someone who arrives (or has arrived).
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Definition
(n.) The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
(n.) The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
(n.) The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
(n.) An approach.
Editor: Whitney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Advent, coming.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ARRIVE]
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- The next morning after the capture of Petersburg, I telegraphed Mr. Lincoln asking him to ride out there and see me, while I would await his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sheridan was telegraphed for that day, and on his arrival was assigned to the command of the cavalry corps with the Army of the Potomac. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was a pleased bustle all though the Shelby mansion, that day, in expectation of the arrival of young Mas'r George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- While breakfasting he considered whether he should ride to Middlemarch at once, or wait for Lydgate's arrival. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In less than half an hour after Colonel Berkeley's arrival in bounced Lord Deerhurst, in an agony of tears! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The physician, on his arrival, confirmed my view of the case. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The new arrival was the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, who had once visited Bell’s school for deaf-mutes in Boston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Before the arrival of Wright the enemy had made two assaults on Sheridan, both of which were repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Adrian welcomed us on our arrival. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He went accordingly; and it happened that the time of his arrival coincided with that of Mrs. Yeobright's pause on the hill near the house. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The family were not there, I had heard on my arrival, and were not expected. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Soon after the arrival of the suit I donned it, and put off for Cincinnati on horseback. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In spite of his resolute assumption of composure, he was getting anxious for the agent's arrival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Colonel Bulder, Mrs. Colonel Bulder, and Miss Bulder,' were the next arrivals. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Among the earliest arrivals was the Governor of Illinois, with most of the State officers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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