arrival

Plural

arrivals

1. 1.The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).

   • The early arrival of the bride created a stir.
   • We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.

2. 2.The fact of reaching a particular point in time.

   • He celebrated the arrival of payday with a shopping spree.
   • I now fell into a regular routine of apprenticeship-life, which was varied […] by no more remarkable circumstance than the arrival of my birthday and my paying another visit to Miss Havisham.

3. 3.The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.

   • The arrival of puberty can be especially challenging for transgender youth.
   • Streetlamps started to flicker tentatively, yellow buds, intimating the arrival of the full glow.

4. 4.The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.

   • The arrival of the railway made the local tourist industry viable.

Overall

Uncommon· #3672

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

• arrive