This is a test of the new dictionary software. Click a word, any word. Every word in the definitions below links back to its own definition, for greater overall comprehension and learning.

3 definitions found

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Arrival \Ar*riv"al\, n. [From {Arrive}.]
     1. 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.             --Dryden.
  
     2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in
        natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was
        wholly unexpected.
  
     3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as,
        news brought by the last arrival.
  
              Another arrival still more important was speedily
              announced.                            --Macaulay.
  
     4. An approach. [Obs.]
  
              The house has a corner arrival.       --H. Walpole.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arrival
       n 1: accomplishment of an objective [syn: {reaching}]
       2: the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her
          arrival"
       3: someone who arrives (or has arrived) [syn: {arriver}, {comer}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  arrival
  	[əraivəl]
  	arrivage, arrivée, venue
  	fourniture, ravitaillement
  
  

This site brought to you by a half dozen lines of PHP code slapped together by Chris Knight and hosted by ProxyIT.