(v) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress, Syn. come, get, Ant. leave, Example:She arrived home at 7 o'clock; She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

arrive

(v) succeed in a big way; get to the top, Syn. go far, make it, get in, Example:After he published his book, he had arrived; I don't know whether I can make it in science!; You will go far, my boy!

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Arrival

n. [ From Arrive. ] 1. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift arrival. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An approach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The house has a corner arrival. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrivance

n. Arrival. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrive

n. Arrival. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrive

v. t. 1. To bring to shore. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And made the sea-trod ship arrive them. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reach; to come to. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere he arrive the happy isle. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere we could arrive the point proposed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrive at last the blessed goal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrive

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Arrived p. pr. & vb. n. Arriving. ] [ OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian. ] 1. 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. “Arrived in Padua.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Æneas ] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To arrive at, or attain to. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he arrived at manhood. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh. [ 1913 Webster ]

If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To happen or occur. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arriver

n. One who arrives. [ 1913 Webster ]

arriving

adj. prenom. directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving trains.
Syn. -- inbound, inward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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