Dictionary Entry
arrive
arrive is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
- 2intransitive verb
To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
- 3intransitive verb
To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
- 4intransitive verb
To happen or occur.
- 5transitive verb
To bring to shore.
- 6transitive verb
To reach; to come to.
- 7noun
Arrival.
- 8verb
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o'clock"
"She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
- 9verb
succeed in a big way; get to the top
"After he published his book, he had arrived"
"I don't know whether I can make it in science!"
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