Definition of "arrival" []

• The act of arriving. (noun)
• One that arrives or has arrived. (noun)
• The reaching of a goal or objective as a result of effort or a process: our ultimate arrival at a compromise. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Just at dusk on November 1 we reach Caquixtle de Arriba and our arrival is a great success."
• "Planning on spending that night at an airport hotel, just because your arrival is at 4: 30 p.m. and the dark of night loometh, is ridiculous."
• "coined the term "arrival city" in response to what he felt was a semantic lack."