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/ərˈaɪvəl/ Listen

noun

Arrival n.

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. "Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival."

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

The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. "Another arrival still more important was speedily announced."

An approach. (Obs.) "The house has a corner arrival."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... whether he should proceed at once to see her; but he feared that the shock of his appearance might be too much for her, and that her expressions of joy might make the retainers and others aware of his arrival, and the news might in some way reach the ears of those at the castle. He therefore despatched Cnut to see her, and break the news to her cautiously, and to request her to arrange for a time when she would either see Cuthbert at some place at a distance from the house, or would so arrange that ...

— Winning His Spurs - A Tale of the Crusades • George Alfred Henty

... On my arrival I went to the Associated Press office and found a message waiting for me, directing me to call McQuarrie on the ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 • Various

... to be the Representative of Republican France near the Government of the United States. It was deemed the highest compliment of which France was capable, that she sent as her minister the citizen most conversant with our affairs, and most eminent for admiration of our institutions. His arrival in this country, and the misunderstanding with the cabinet at Washington, which resulted in his recall by President Bonaparte, cannot have been forgotten by the observant reader. We believe that few who have carefully studied the conduct of Major Poussin in that affair, will be ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various

... arrival in England, found there Dr. Smith, Provost of the College in Philadelphia, soliciting aid for that institution.—Hist. Sketch of Columbia ...

— A Collection of College Words and Customs • Benjamin Homer Hall

... auspicious King, that Sharrkan bade Princess Abrizah and her damsels doff the garb that was on them and don the garments of daughters of Greece; and thus did they. Then he despatched a company of his companions to Baghdad to acquaint his father Omar bin al-Nu'uman, with his arrival and report that he was accompanied by Princess Abrizah, daughter of King Hardub, Lord of Graecia-land. They halted forthright in the place they had reached, and Sharrkan also halted and all righted ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

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