word-vault/dist/data/cards/ar/arrive.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "arrive",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "arrive",
            "heSheIt": "arrives"
        },
        "pastSimple": "arrived",
        "pastParticiple": "arrived",
        "ingForm": "arriving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to get to a place, especially at the end of a journey",
            "sensetop": "arrive in…arrive at…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll wait until they arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was pleased to hear you **arrived home** safely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **arrive early/late** for a meeting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She'll arrive in New York at noon.",
                    "contextForm": "arrive in…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The train arrived at the station 20 minutes late.",
                    "contextForm": "arrive at…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We didn't arrive back at the hotel until very late."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the time I **arrived on the scene**, it was all over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pupils may be **newly arrived** in Britain, with little or no English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A police officer **arrived** just **in time** to see the burglars walking out of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **arrived too late** to take any action."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police arrived to arrest him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What time did they arrive?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We finally arrived at our destination late that evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should be arriving shortly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were the first to arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As usual, my brother was the last to arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let us know if you think you might arrive late."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She likes to arrive unannounced."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The train is due to arrive any time now."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["early", "late", "shortly"],
                "verb + arrive": ["be due to", "fail to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "in"],
                "phrases": ["the first to arrive", "the last to arrive"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be brought to somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A letter arrived for you this morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Send your application to arrive by 31 October."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We waited an hour for our lunch to arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves *(= be available)* early next year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The package failed to arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A pile of letters had arrived on my desk."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["early", "late", "shortly"],
                "verb + arrive": ["be due to", "fail to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "in"],
                "phrases": ["the first to arrive", "the last to arrive"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to happen or to come, especially when you have been waiting for it",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The wedding day finally arrived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby arrived *(= was born)* early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Summer arrived early that year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As autumn arrives the birds migrate south."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The age of industrialization had arrived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moment had arrived. It was time to leave."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "somebody has become successful",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He knew he had arrived when he was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lad has arrived as a Premiership goalkeeper."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪv/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arrive__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪvz/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arrives__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪvd/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arrived__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arriving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪv/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arrive__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪvz/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arrives__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪvd/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arrived__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈraɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ar/arrive/arriving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘reach the shore after a voyage’): from Old French ariver, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’."
}