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# arrival

«arrival» in Mova's school dictionary: **the act of reaching a place, coming to where you were going** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an arrival, arrivals; uncountable for the act)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Arrival is the act of reaching a place, coming to where you were going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#m1)

2) An arrival is a person or thing that has just come, such as a new baby or a new pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#m2)

3) Arrivals is the part of an airport where people come in after landing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, arrival times are shown on train, bus and plane boards; people wait in the arrivals hall. In maths, arrival and departure times are used in time problems. In stories, the arrival of someone changes things. Phrases: on arrival, time of arrival, new arrival, arrivals and departures.

### examples

- Our arrival at the hotel was late at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x1)
- The board shows the arrival time of the next train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x2)
- We waited for Grandpa in the arrivals hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x3)
- The new arrival in our class is called Sam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x4)
- On arrival, please go to the office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x5)
- The arrival of spring brings flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x6)
- The bus left at 9:10 and its arrival was at 9:45, so the trip took 35 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x7)
- Our family has a new arrival: a baby girl! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x8)
- You have not been out of doors since my arrival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/#x9)

### note

Verb: arrive. Opposite: departure. Spelling: double r — ar-ri-val. In time problems, journey time = arrival time minus departure time. Use an: an arrival.

### In the corpora

- [Départ means departure and arrivée means arrival; a train leaving at 14h05 and arriving at 16h50 takes 2 hours 45 minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/20/)
- [Australia Day on 26 January marks the arrival of the First Fleet, and many Aboriginal people call it Invasion Day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story/8/)
- [On long-distance timetables "+1" after a time means the arrival is on the next day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arrival» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrival/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.