Meaning of arrival in English

arrival

noun

/əˈraɪ.vəl/ us

/əˈraɪ.vəl/

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B1 [ C or U ]

the fact of arriving somewhere:

Hundreds gathered to await the boxer's arrival at the airport.

On arrival at the police station, they were taken to an interview room.

We regret the late arrival of Flight 237.

New arrivals (= people who have just come to a place) were being housed in refugee camps.

Sue and Michael are delighted to announce the arrival (= birth) of Emily, born on 21 August.

The arrival (= introduction) of satellite television changed the face of broadcasting.

[ C ] informal

a baby that has recently been born:

Their new arrival was keeping them busy.

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His arrival caused quite a commotion.
The motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hospital.
After the arrival of the United Nations soldiers, tension in the area began to ease.
The usual hoopla surrounded the arrival of the pop star.
The train's approximate time of arrival is 10.30.

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(Definition of arrival from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

arrival | American Dictionary

arrival

noun [ C/U ]

/əˈrɑɪ·vəl/

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the act of someone or something that reaches a place or comes into existence, or a person or thing that reaches a place:

[ U ] The arrival of the railroad changed the western US.

[ U ] The arrival of the new year was greeted with joy.

[ C ] There were so many refugees that tents were needed to house new arrivals.

(Definition of arrival from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

arrival | Business English

arrival

noun

/əˈraɪvəl/ us

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[ C or U ]

the act of coming to a place:

Two hours after the arrival of 500,000 newspapers, they are sorted into bundles for 2,000 newsagents.

[ C ]

a person or thing that comes to a place:

For the month of July, the airport ranked 27th among 32 nationally in on-time arrivals.

An older student was chosen to show the new arrivals around.

[ S ] WORKPLACE

an occasion when someone starts a new job:

With the arrival of a new chief executive in July, there will be a refocusing of the business into a more cohesive unit.

[ S ] MARKETING

the introduction of something new such as a product or service:

With moves towards the Internet-on-TV model and the arrival of universal broadband access, things are changing.

arrivals

TRANSPORT

the area of an airport that deals with passengers that have just arrived:

You will need to show your passport when you get to arrivals.

(Definition of arrival from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of arrival

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The second part of the study, covering a 12-month period from 1992 to 1993, concentrated on age-related patterns of departures, arrivals and part-time working.

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Initial data for the iterative solver can be difficult to find, in particular if there are multiple solutions (arrivals).

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Private channels also help the government to cope with the highly concentrated market arrivals during the marketing season in those states with a heavy surplus.

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Tourist arrivals actually fell for the first time in 1983.

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A second characterization is involved based on the expected number of arrivals during an interval of time.

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Why do dominant language switch or maintenance processes occur among younger or older arrivals, respectively?

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The students, themselves new arrivals to the country, found it motivating to read about places that were familiar to them in a fictional story.

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Speed in the transit, and punctuality in arrivals and connections, are desirable, are required in this mode of conveyance.

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What are the mechanisms leading to the dominant language switch or maintenance processes among the younger or older arrivals?

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Representing "new arrivals" in long-term demographic history, these areas are where industrialization and immigration brought about a rapid rise in population in recent times.

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The main road was determined, and the early arrivals built their houses along it.

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The fall affected all companies, the established and the more recent arrivals, but the latter took the brunt of the reversal.

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The use of the term ' residues' revealingly indicates the sense of division between older residents and the more recent arrivals.

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Although we do not observe the levels of trading activity directly, these are naturally associated with the intensity of quote arrivals.

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The railroads were recent arrivals; their rights should have been subordinate to the timeless truths of property usage.

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Collocations with arrival

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day of arrival

Nevertheless, the first patients of the third camp may have been infected by the environment of the accommodation during the day of arrival.

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early arrival

Vast numbers of scientists longed for the early arrival of the day when they would be allowed to resume their beloved research.

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hour of arrival

Only one patient needed surgical treatment within 1 hour of arrival at the hospital.

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到達, 到來, 來臨…

Meaning of arrival in English

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