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noun

Arrival n.

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."

The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.

The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. "Another arrival still more important was speedily announced."

An approach. (Obs.) "The house has a corner arrival."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Arrival" Quotes from Famous Books

... B——'s place; while the fisherman kept an eye on my horses. I helped B—— to work out a new and rotten idea of a wind-mill pump; Dick handing me things, and holding the other end. On the first afternoon, a couple of hours after my arrival, I drove into for some blacksmith work; and, whilst it was being done, I looked in at the Express office, and had a gossip with Archimedes on the ...

— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy

... Arrival of the Dolphin and Tamar at Tinian, a Description of the present Condition of that Island, and an Account ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12 • Robert Kerr

... trade—a gentleman from inclination—and an odd sort of character from habit. Without knowing anything more about it than the man in the moon, you have condemned the policy of the king, who is aware of all you have said and done since your arrival in Prussia. ...

— Poems • George P. Morris

... haven't met a single girl. I don't believe there are any girls in this neighborhood. I should feel a good deal worse, too, if the Franklin girls hadn't been such dears!" Marjorie's last comment, spoken half aloud, referred to the numerous letters she had received since her arrival in the town of Sanford from her Franklin High School friends, now so many miles away. Mary Raymond had not only fulfilled her promise to write one long letter every week, but had mailed Marjorie, almost daily, hurriedly-written little notes full of the ...

— Marjorie Dean High School Freshman • Pauline Lester

... country to avoid being arrested, for here one is continually being arrested. The evidence in favour of the North Pole theory as regards birds is, that nobody knows where they have gone to, and that as the rest of the earth is round and densely populated their arrival would be noted somewhere as their departure was, but their arrival not being so noted, and as they must be somewhere, the process of eliminating all possible places leaves nowhere but the North Pole as their objective. Now birds are a very intelligent ...

— Here are Ladies • James Stephens

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