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arriver — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arrive verb To reach a place after travelling.
  • come verb To move toward the speaker, a particular place, or a point of reference.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • happen verb To take place; to occur.
  • make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
  • manage verb To be in charge of running something, such as a business, team, or project.
  • occur verb To happen or take place.
  • place noun A particular area, location, or spot.
  • wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.

Senses

arriver is used for these senses in English:

  • arrive (intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
  • come (transitive, informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.
  • get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • get (intransitive, informal, mostly, imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
  • go through (intransitive) To reach an intended destination after passing through some process.
  • happen (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
  • make out (now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]

arrive — full definition

  1. verb To reach a place after travelling.
  2. verb To reach a certain moment, stage, or level of success.

come — full definition

  1. verb To move toward the speaker, a particular place, or a point of reference.
  2. verb To arrive or take place.
  3. verb To reach a particular state, condition, or result.
  4. verb To originate from a particular place, background, or source.
  5. verb To have an orgasm.

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