arrive at

ar·rive  (-rv)

intr.v. ar·rived, ar·riv·ing, ar·rives

1. To reach a destination.

2. To come at length; take place: The day of reckoning has arrived.

3. To achieve success or recognition: He had finally arrived as a designer.

Phrasal Verb:

arrive at

To reach through effort or a process: arrive at a decision after much thought.

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[Middle English ariven, from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin *arrpre, to reach the shore : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin rpa, shore.]

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ar·river n.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

arrive at - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" reach, attain, gain, hit, make catch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework" surmount, scale - reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" get at, access - reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" bottom out - reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while" peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" summit, breast - reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" top - reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon" make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane" find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body come through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" run aground, ground - hit or reach the ground