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arrived

verb US /ərˈaɪvd/

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

An inflected form of arrive · past form.

How often you will meet it

Rank 769 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 24,280 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

verb

  1. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress also: get, come She arrived home at 7 o'clockShe didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
  2. succeed in a big way; get to the top also: make it, get in, go far After he published his book, he had arrivedI don't know whether I can make it in science!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

arrived in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • At length the day previous to the important one arrived.

    The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1

  • The Woodburn party arrived in high spirits, a sleigh, containing the Fairview family, driving up at the same time.

    Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1

  • Riding fast, Sir Thomas Tresham crossed the Thames at Reading before any news of the battle of Barnet had arrived there.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • Sharp to the hour Poppy arrived with her gift; she was a pretty little village girl, who adored the Misses Mainwaring.

    The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1

  • Arrived at the great building among whose offices was that of Walter McAndrew, Attorney-at-Law, Gloria's thoughts were turned into a new channel.

    Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1

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