ARRIVAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does arrival mean?
• ARRIVAL (noun)
The noun ARRIVAL has 3 senses:
1. accomplishment of an objective
2. the act of arriving at a certain place
3. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Familiarity information: ARRIVAL used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ARRIVAL (noun)
Meaning:
Accomplishment of an objective
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
arrival; reaching
Hypernyms ("arrival" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrival"):
attainment (arrival at a new stage)
advent; coming (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous))
Meaning:
The act of arriving at a certain place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
they awaited her arrival
Hypernyms ("arrival" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrival"):
check-in (the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel))
landing (the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface))
landing (the act of coming to land after a voyage)
dockage; docking; moorage; tying up (the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes)
anchorage (the act of anchoring)
homecoming; return (a coming to or returning home)
appearance (the act of appearing in public view)
entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)
Meaning:
Someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
arriver; comer; arrival
Hypernyms ("arrival" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrival"):
early bird (a person who arrives early before others do)
latecomer (someone who arrives late)
newcomer (a recent arrival)
