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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrival \Ar*riv"al\, noun [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
noun
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrival": advent, appearance, approach, blind landing, comer, coming, coming in, do, emergence, entrance, entrant, go, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, intruder, issuance, landing, manifestation, migrant, newcomer, passenger, prosperity, settler, stack up, touchdown, tourist, traveller, visitant, visitor
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