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

1. intransitive 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.
2. intransitive verb. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
3. intransitive verb. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
4. intransitive verb. To happen or occur.
5. transitive verb. To bring to shore.
6. transitive verb. To reach; to come to.
7. noun. Arrival.
8. verb. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

   "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"

   "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

   Synonyms: come, get

9. verb. 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!"

Synonyms

come, get

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in arrive:

ravier, rivera, varier

Common word forms

arrived, arriver, arrives, arriving

Words from these letters

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