(arrives, arriving, arrived)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
Fresh groups of guests arrived...
The Princess Royal arrived at Gatwick this morning from Jamaica.
? depart
VERB: V, V prep/adv
2.
When you arrive at a place, you come to it for the first time in order to stay, live, or work there.
...in the old days before the European settlers arrived in the country.
VERB: V prep/adv
3.
When something such as letter or meal arrives, it is brought or delivered to you.
Breakfast arrived while he was in the bathroom.
VERB: V
4.
When something such as a new product or invention arrives, it becomes available.
Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month...
= appear
VERB: V
5.
When a particular moment or event arrives, it happens, especially after you have been waiting for it or expecting it.
The time has arrived when I need to give up smoking.
...the belief that the army would be much further forward before winter arrived.
VERB: V, V
6.
When you arrive at something such as a decision, you decide something after thinking about it or discussing it.
...if the jury cannot arrive at a unanimous decision...
VERB: V at n