arrival : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arrival	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrival n accomplishment of an objective Synonym(s): arrival, reaching the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival" someone who arrives (or has arrived) Synonym(s): arrival, arriver, comer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arrival \Arriv"al\, n. [From {Arrive}.] 1. 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. --Dryden. 2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival* at this conclusion was wholly unexpected. 3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. --Macaulay. 4. An approach. [Obs.] The house has a corner arrival. --H. Walpole.