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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
arriving \arriving\ adjective prenom. directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving trains.
Syn: inbound, inward. [WordNet 1.5] ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrive \Ar*rive"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Arrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arriving}.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. {Riparian}.]
1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. ''Arrived in Padua.'' --Shak.
[[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. --Holland.
There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. --Macaulay.
2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
{To arrive at}, or attain to.
When he arrived at manhood. --Rogers.
We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. --McCosh.
If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. --Waller.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
arriving
adjective: directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital" [syn: {arriving(a)}, {inbound}, {inward}]
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