arrival

/əˈraɪvəl/

/əˈraɪvəl/

Other forms: arrivals

An arrival is an entrance or an appearance — the act of showing up somewhere. Your arrival at your grandparents' house will no doubt be marked by great enthusiasm and many hugs.

The process of arriving, or first getting to your destination, is arrival. Your sister's arrival at the airport might be delayed by bad weather, and your new kitten's arrival will be an exciting event for your whole family. Another kind of arrival is a person who's just arrived: "I easily picked her out from all the bus station arrivals."

Definitions of arrival

1. noun

   the act of arriving at a certain place
   “they awaited her arrival”

   types:

   entering, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress

   the act of entering

   appearance

   the act of appearing in public view

   homecoming, return

   a coming to or returning home

   anchorage

   the act of anchoring

   dockage, docking, moorage, tying up

   the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

   landing

   the act of coming to land after a voyage

   landing

   the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)

   check-in

   the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel)

   incursion

   the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)

   intrusion

   entrance by force or without permission or welcome

   irruption

   a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in

   entree

   the act of entering

   enrollment, enrolment, registration

   the act of enrolling

   apparition

   an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

   emergence, emersion

   the act of emerging

   reappearance, return

   the act of someone appearing again

   repatriation

   the act of returning to the country of origin

   penetration

   the act of entering into or through something

   amphibious landing

   a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion

   debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment

   the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

   touchdown

   a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

   aircraft landing, airplane landing

   landing an aircraft

   splashdown

   a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight

   admission, admittance

   the act of admitting someone to enter

   type of:

   action

   something done (usually as opposed to something said)
2. noun

   someone who arrives (or has arrived)
   synonyms: arriver, comer

   types:

   early bird

   a person who arrives early before others do

   latecomer

   someone who arrives late

   newcomer

   a recent arrival

   malahini

   a newcomer to Hawaii

   type of:

   traveler, traveller

   a person who changes location
3. noun

   accomplishment of an objective
   synonyms: reaching

   types:

   attainment

   arrival at a new stage

   advent, coming

   arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

   type of:

   accomplishment, achievement

   the action of accomplishing something