Définition de « arrival » en Anglais

noun

1. The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).

   • The early arrival of the bride created a stir.

2. The fact of reaching a particular point in time.

   • He celebrated the arrival of payday with a shopping spree.

3. The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.

   • The arrival of puberty can be especially challenging for transgender youth.

4. The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.

   • The arrival of the railway made the local tourist industry viable.

5. A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.

   • There has been a significant growth in illegal arrivals.
   • 1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, London: John Hunt, Canto 11, stanza 68, p. 137, Saloon, room, hall o’erflow beyond their brink, And long the latest of arrivals halts, ’Midst royal dukes and dames condemned to climb, And gain an inch of staircase at a time.