arrival

B1 Topic:Travel

US /əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #4520

Meanings

1

noun
The act of reaching a place.

I awaited their arrival at the station.
2

noun
The moment when something new begins or appears.

The arrival of spring brought warmer days.
3

noun
A person or thing that has just come to a place.

The hotel welcomed its newest arrivals warmly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of reaching a place. incoming

2 noun · the moment when something... onset advent

3 noun · a person or thing that has... newcomer

Opposites

departurenon-arrivalnonarrival

Word family

Forms arrivals

Derived forms e-arrivalinterarrivalprearrivalrearrivalsuperarrivalunarrivalvisa-on-arrival

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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arrival gate
the airport gate where passengers leave an arriving aircraft

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English arivaile, arivaille, arrival, arryvaile, arryvaylle, aryvayle, aryvaylle, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver; equivalent to arrive + -al.

arivaile Middle English arrivaille Middle French

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Topics

Travel Aviation & Flight

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# arrival

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 4520

## Meanings
1. The act of reaching a place.
2. The moment when something new begins or appears.
3. A person or thing that has just come to a place.

## Examples
- I awaited their arrival at the station.
- The arrival of spring brought warmer days.
- The hotel welcomed its newest arrivals warmly.

## Antonyms
- departure
- non-arrival
- nonarrival

## Derived Forms
- e-arrival
- interarrival
- prearrival
- rearrival
- superarrival
- unarrival
- visa-on-arrival

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: arivaile
- Root: arrivaille

## Etymology
From Middle English arivaile, arivaille, arrival, arryvaile, arryvaylle, aryvayle, aryvaylle, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver; equivalent to arrive + -al.

## AI Etymology
Arrival is from Middle English arivaile, arivaille, arrival, arryvaile, arryvaylle, aryvayle, aryvaylle, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver; equivalent to arrive plus -al. The adjectival suffix attaches the word to arrive semantically, giving it the sense of being of, relating to, or characterized by the base. In use as a noun, arrival denotes the act of reaching a place, the moment when something new begins or appears, and a person or thing that has just come to a place. The same word family continues in derived forms such as e-arrival, interarrival, prearrival, and rearrival.

## Topics
- Travel
- Aviation & Flight

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