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Definition: Arrival |
ArrivalNoun1. Accomplishment of an objective. 2. The act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival". 3. Someone who arrives (or has arrived). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arrival" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
Note: Arrival \Ar*riv"al\, noun. [From Arrive.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Geological | The appearance of seismic energy on a seismic record. (references) |
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Synonyms: ArrivalSynonyms: arriver (n), comer (n), reaching (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrival | Noun: arrival, advent; landing; debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur. |
Cessation | Intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; Verb: closure, stoppage, halt; arrival. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Arrival |
| English words defined with "arrival": advent, Age of a tide, Arrivance, attainment ♦ check in, clock in, clock on, clock watcher, coming ♦ fanfare, flourish ♦ herald ♦ meet ♦ newcomer ♦ place, predictor, punch in, put ♦ receive ♦ Sealed orders, set, sign in ♦ Time-table, To, To look for, trumpeter ♦ wave angle, welcome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "arrival": angle of arrival, Arrival Notice ♦ expected arrival time, expected time of arrival ♦ later arrival. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "arrival": Arrivance ♦ Venew, Venue. (references) |
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Screenplays | The arrival of yet another thickheaded jock epic. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Arrival (1957) The Arrival of Josie (1914) Arrival at Howrah (1912) | |
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![]() | Endeavour Arrival. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Spacelab Arrival Ceremony at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA. |
This Hubble telescope picture of Mars was taken Sept. 12, 1997, one day after the arrival of ... Credit: NASA. | ![]() | A flying boat on arrival at New York passing over the Statue of Liberty. In: "Flug Und Wolken", Manfred Curry, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1932. Credit: America's Coastlines. | |
![]() | The Reiner brothers watch the arrival of the salmon. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | Initial arrival of the "raw fish habitat". Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
![]() | Secretary of Defense William Cohen accompanied by his wife, Janet Langart Cohen, is greeted by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Elite Guard during their arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 17. Cohen's Holiday Tour 2000 stop at Ramstein included perfo. | ![]() | For centuries, beekeeping has been a traditional part of Mexican agriculture and a reliable source of income in rural areas. Scientists in the United States have closely followed the arrival of Africanized honey bees and two species of parasitic mites that have created hive management problems and reduced honey production. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
![]() | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 3, Vauclaire, France. : Arrival of convoy, using trucks to transport patients. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | U. S. Base Hospital Number 3, Vauclaire, France. : Arrival of convoy. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dennis Miller | Hell, the vows are scary enough. I mean, "We are gathered here to witness the joining of two people ..." Joining. Could we come up with a slightly more industrial term, huh? How about "soldering"? Yeah, have a couple of guys from the machinists' union swing by, drop the welder's masks, and handle this part of the ceremony? You know, it seems like the only twotimes they pronounce you anything in life is when they pronounce you "man and wife" or "dead on arrival." |
Thomas Carlyle | The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | They had been meeting almost every day since his arrival. |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | MARY thinks a train met on arrival must not be counted, even when met on a previous occasion. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | As he stood there, waiting his arrival, the knocker caught his eye. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | On his arrival at M__ sur M__ he had the dress, the manners, and the language of a labourer only. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The shout I heard was upon the arrival of this engine, which it seems set out in four hours after my landing. |
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Health | These circulate in the person's bloodstream, awaiting the arrival of the blood-seeking female Anopheles. (references) | |
Its job is to help prepare your uterus for the arrival of a fertilized egg and to shed this lining if an egg is not fertilized. (references) | ||
Immune cells, it has been suggested, may function in a sensory capacity, detecting the arrival of foreign invaders and relaying chemical signals to alert the brain. (references) | ||
Business | It is customary to shake hands with all upon arrival and departure. (references) | |
With the arrival of the Internet, the channel's hold over pricing is being broken. (references) | ||
Chinese buyers or their purchase agents must register for inspection at the port of arrival. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | A list of 21 points "to be respected" was provided to foreign journalists upon arrival. (references) |
United Kingdom | Applicants may apply for asylum or refugee status upon arrival or after entering the country. (references) | |
Laos | Citizens who travel across provincial borders no longer are required to report to authorities upon their departure and arrival. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | Arrival times for shipments and the condition they arrive in are critical. (references) |
Mauritius | The arrival and departure terminal has been redesigned and completely renovated. (references) | |
Pakistan | Pakistan's Islamic history began with the arrival of Muslim traders in the 8th century. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | Riham died before her arrival at the Jenin hospital. (references) |
Ghana | Upon their arrival unknown persons shot at the officers, killing one and injuring another. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | While en route, Awad lapsed into a coma and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. (references) | |
Minorities | Indonesia | Local sentiment against the efforts of Muslim missionaries to win converts in the predominantly Christian province, as well as resentment of the arrival in the province of mainly Muslim migrants from other parts of the country, has in the past led to attacks on mosques in Papua. (references) |
Political Economy | Indonesia | Although stability has largely returned to the territory following the arrival of international forces, crime and lawlessness are problems. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Following a series of coup attempts after his arrival to power in 1993, President Heydar Aliyev was able to consolidate power and establish a stable political environment by the mid-1990s. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tanzania | Voting irregularities during the 2000 elections included the late arrival and absence of ballots, and the late opening of polling stations. (references) |
Trade | Burma | B list items may only be imported after the arrival of the A list items. (references) |
Denmark | In some cases, the importer can do the marking following arrival of the goods in Denmark. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Doxycycline may be started the day prior to arrival. (references) |
Ireland | The permit is presented to immigration upon arrival. (references) | |
Laos | VISAS ON ARRIVAL COST US $30 AND ARE VALID FOR 15 DAYS. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | The young women were forced to work as prostitutes on the ship after their arrival. (references) |
India | However, upon arrival in the U.S., the girls reportedly were put to work in a prostitution ring. (references) | |
Tajikistan | Victims commonly are not separated from their travel documents until arrival in the destination country. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption." |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | A few days before his arrival at Paris the French minister of foreign relations informed the American minister then resident at Paris of the formalities to be observed by himself in taking leave, and by his successor preparatory to his reception. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The arrival of our squadron dispelled the danger. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Of their arrival there official intelligence has not yet been received. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Some difficulties occurred on his arrival, but at the date of his last official dispatch he supposed they had been obviated and that there was every prospect of the exchange being speedily effected. |
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| "Arrival" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Arrival" is used about 3,445 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.88% | 3,441 | 2,815 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.12% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,445 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "arrival": after arrival ♦ announce one's arrival ♦ arrival date ♦ arrival gate ♦ arrival hall ♦ arrival of a seagoing vessel ♦ arrival siding ♦ arrival time ♦ arrival track ♦ be dead on arrival ♦ date of arrival ♦ estimated time of arrival ♦ expected arrival time ♦ expected time of arrival ♦ late arrival ♦ line of arrival ♦ new arrival ♦ scheduled arrival ♦ scheduled time of arrival ♦ standard arrival ♦ time of arrival ♦ time one's arrival ♦ upon arrival ♦ within a month of his arrival. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "arrival": non-arrival. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | koms, aankoms. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | arritje (accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, effort, reach, success), ardhje (accession, advent, approach, coming, flow, inflow, ingoing), ngarkesë (batch, burden, cargo, charge, consignment, freightage, goods, haul, lading, load, loading, shipment, stowage, tote, weight), mbërritje (advent), i ardhur (incoming, inflowing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وفادة, وصول (access, incoming, oncoming), الوافد (newcomer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | новороден (newborn), пристигнал човек, пристигащ, пристигане (coming), достигане (accession, achievement, attainment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | arribada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 到来, 到來 (advent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zboží (commodity, goods, merchandise, truck, ware), přílet, příjezd, příchozí (incomer, newcomer), příchod (advent, coming, entry), host (convive, diner, guest, visitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ankomst (berthing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bezorging (arrivals, supply), aanvoer (arrivals, supply), aankomst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | alveno, alportado (arrivals, supply), provizado (arrivals, supply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ورود (Accession, Entrance, Entree, Entry, Influx, Inning), دخول (Accession, Admission, Entree, Entry, Inclusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulo (coming, entrance, income, product, revenue), sinnetulo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arrivée, arrivage, venue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Canadian | d'arrivée (of arrival). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oankomst, oanfier (arrivals, supply), komst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galician | chegada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ankunft (arrivals), Eintreffen (arrive, be confirmed, be fulfilled, come true, end up, get, get there, to arrive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άφιξη (advent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ופע" (advent, appearance, bearing, coming, emergence, phenomenon, presence, showing), "'ע" (approaching, reaching, touching), ביא" (approach, coition, coitus, coming, entrance, intercourse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érkezés (coming), befutás (pulling in), szállítmány (bulk, cargo, carriage, shipment, supply), megérkezés (advent), kiszállás (disembarkation, getting off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kedatangan (attacked, invaded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | teacht (coming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | arrivo (advent, coming, finishing line, incoming), venuta (coming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 到" (attaining, reaching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おとずれ (advent, call, visit), しゅつ'" (appearance, make one's appearance), しゅっしゃ, さ"ちゃく (payment on sight), にゅうらい (august visit), らいちゃく, とうたつ (attaining, reaching), とうらい, とうちゃく, ちゃくし". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 도착 (arriving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | kedatangan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | noa-roshtynagh (new arrival), lurg roshtyn (on arrival), ardane roshtynagh (arrival platform), ardan roshtynagh (arrival platform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ankomst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | yegada, binimentu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arrivalay wjazd, przyjazd. (various references) chegada (coming, forthcoming, incoming, oncoming). (various references) sosire (advent, coming, incoming). (various references) вновь прибывший (new-come, newcomer), новорожденный (newborn, new-born), приход (advent, benefice, coming, curacy, parish), при� (accept, receive), приезд (coming), прибытие (arr arrival, arrl). (various references) teachd (accession, coming, legal). (various references) stizanje, prispeće, dolazak (advent, coming). (various references) llegada (advent, coming, coming-in, covenant, dissidence, extent, finish, immigration, incursion, invasion, touchdown, treat), venida (advent, coming, extent, invasion), aprovisionamiento (arrivals, supply). (various references) mfiko. (various references) ankomst (advent, coming, incoming, oncoming). (various references) pagdatíng. (various references) ผู้ที่มาใหม่, การมาถึง. (various references) varma, varix, varış (coming), ortaya çıkma (appearance, dawn, emanation), mal girişi, gelme (advent, coming), geliş (coming), gelen şey, gözükme. (various references) новонароджений (newborn, new-fallen), новоприбулий (ingoing, new-come, newcomer), приїзд, прихід до фінішу, прийняття (acceptance, adoption, embranchment, initiation), прибуття (advent), досягнення (accomplishment, achievement, attainment, break through, obtaining, obtainment, obtention, progress). (various references) sự tới nơi người mới đến, sự đến (accession, advent, coming), đùa đứa bé mới sinh. (various references) dyfodiad (access, comer, coming, stranger). (various references) umfiki, ukufiki, isifiki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aduentus, adventu, adventui, adventum, adventus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | avenue. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "arrival": arrivals. (additional references) | |
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"Arrival" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arava, aravalli, arcival, Arevalo, Aribal, arival, ar-rifai, Arrikala, arriva, arriveal, Arronale, arrvial, Marrival, orrial, Oruval, parzival. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "arrival" (pronounced erī"vul) |
| 4 | -ī" v u l | archival, revival, rival, survival. |
| 3 | -v u l | anvil, approval, arval, bedevil, bevel, carnival, civil, daredevil, devil, disapproval, dishevel, drivel, evil, festival, gavel, gravel, grovel, hovel, interval, larval, level, marvel, medieval, multilevel, naval, navel, novel, oval, primeval, Ravel, removal, retrieval, revel, servile, shovel, shrivel, swivel, travel, uncivil, unravel, upheaval, weevil. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-r-r-v" | |
-2 letters: arval, avail, laari, larva, rival, varia, viral. | |
-3 letters: alar, aria, aril, lair, lari, lava, liar, lira, raia, rail, rial, vail, vair, vara, vial, virl. | |
-4 letters: aal, ail, air, ala, ava, lar, lav, ria, var, via. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, al, ar, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-r-r-v" | |
+1 letter: arrivals, variolar. | |
+3 letters: margravial. | |
+4 letters: adversarial, advertorial, narratively. | |
+5 letters: advertorials, overfamiliar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 72 69 76 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. .-. .. ...- .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01110010 01101001 01110110 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r r i v a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0072 0069 0076 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35848475886778 |
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