arrive

To reach the place you are going to.

• We arrived home late.
• The guests will arrive at six.
• When did you arrive in London?

How to use it: arrive at a place (We arrived at the station early.); arrive in a city/country (They arrive in Italy tomorrow.); arrive home (She arrived home after midnight.)

Similar words: get there, reach one's destination

Opposites: leave, depart

Common phrases: arrive home, arrive at school, arrive in london, arrive at something

If an object is sent somewhere, it reaches that place.

• Your parcel arrived today.
• The letter arrived by post yesterday.
• Has my new phone arrived yet?

How to use it: arrive at a place (The supplies arrived at the warehouse today.)

Similar words: come, be delivered

Common phrases: arrive by post, arrive in something, arrive at something

If a time or event does this, it becomes the present rather than the future.

• Summer has arrived.
• The moment finally arrived for her speech.
• When the holidays arrive, we will visit our cousins.

Similar words: come

Common phrases: summer will arrive, the day will arrive, when holidays arrive