arrive
- (copulative, intransitive) To reach; to get to a certain place.
- (intransitive) To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
- (intransitive) To come; said of time.
- (intransitive) To happen or occur.
- (Ireland, UK, intransitive, often, slang, vulgar) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- (archaic, transitive) To reach; to come to.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To bring to shore.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɹaɪv/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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