arrive

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arrive/əˈrʌɪv/
verb
  • 1 reach a destination.
  • 2 be brought or delivered.
  • 3 (of a particular moment) come about.
  • 4 (arrive at) reach (a conclusion or decision).
  • 5 informal become successful and well known.
– derivatives
arrival noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘reach the shore after a voyage’): from OFr. ariver, based on L. ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’.
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