"arrive at" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-arrive at.ogg [Australia] Forms: arrives at [present, singular, third-person], arriving at [participle, present], arrived at [participle, past], arrived at [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} arrive at (third-person singular simple present arrives at, present participle arriving at, simple past and past participle arrived at)
  1. To reach (a destination)
    Sense id: en-arrive_at-en-verb-k7QtQZt0
  2. (idiomatic) To reach (an objective or conclusion) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-arrive_at-en-verb-la8aKEFR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (at) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (at): 20 80

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for arrive at meaning in English (1.5kB)

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