arrivaln.
/əˈrʌɪvl/, U.S. /əˈraɪvəl/ I. The action of arrive v., and related senses.† 1.
a. The action or an act of coming to one's destination by boat or ship, reaching shore, or coming into port; landing, disembarkation. Obsolete except as merged with sense 2a.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > arrival
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arrivala1393
rival?a1400
riving?a1400
rivagec1400
arrivagec1450
landfall1627
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1032 (MED) I charge you..That ye the same Schip vitaile, In which that sche tok arivaile.
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 451 Tho saugh I grave [= pictured] al the Aryvayle That Eneas had in Itayle.
c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 527 (MED) How Guy of Warwik maad his arryvaylle at Portysmouth.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. i. f. ivv Ye Geauntes that Brute founde in this Ile at his arryuayll.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 86v (heading) Stronge fight at þe Ariuaill.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 259 That the Normans might have..more secure arrivall into England.
1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 3 To prepare a way for the Spanish Inuasion in 88, as an harbinger to prouide them lodging vpon their arriuall on the English Coast.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. iv. 18/2 They set apart the Sixth Day of August, after their Arrival, for Fasting and Prayer.
b. A landing place or port. Obsolete.In quot. 1495 perhaps: landing places collectively.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place
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arrivala1450
slip1467
pow1481
arrivagea1500
landing-place1512
shore1512
landing1601
scale1682
bunder1698
gat1723
hard1728
loadberry1764
hardway1785
a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) l. 748 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 390 (MED) Fro ther arryuaile almost a bowe drauht, He ful deuoutli gan to knele doun.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 190 (MED) A ship riht gret and wunderful j sigh flotinge in the see wel nygh the arryuaile, al redy to make passage.
1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §45 m. 28 The portys, havens, ryvers, crekis and aryvell of shippis..be..hurte and dekaied.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) i. 34 A Port is a harbor and safe arrival for ships, boats, and ballengers of burthen.
2.
a. The action or an act of coming to the destination of a journey or of reaching a specified place, person, etc.; appearance on the scene. Later also in extended use with reference to reaching a point in a book, discussion, piece of music, etc.Often with at, in, on, upon, or (formerly) †into, †to.The core sense here was originally used only with reference to a person and is now one of the two main senses of arrival, the other being sense 5a.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun]
tocomeeOE
hithercomec900
comeOE
comingc1300
venue?a1400
arrival1518
arrivea1538
recovery?c1550
income1566
arrivance1583
invention1612
adventure1623
landing1705
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival
tocomeeOE
hithercomec900
comeOE
comingc1300
tocominga1333
venue?a1400
arrival1518
arrivea1538
recovery?c1550
income1566
arrivance1583
invention1612
adventure1623
landing1705
rearrival1738
1518 T. Wolsey Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. 21 Your arrival to that reame.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 8 Demaunde of yonder Champion, The cause of his arriuall here in armes. View more context for this quotation
1616 W. Forde Serm. 77 The time of her arrival into this countrey.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶5 The Morning after his Arrival at the House.
1720 T. Boston Human Nature viii. 418 Their arrival in the Regions of Bless.
1833 J. Carson Inq. into Causes of Respiration (ed. 2) 354 It is generally I think believed,..that on the arrival of the blood at the ends of the arteries, the oxygen has been so far abstracted as to be deprived of the power of maintaining this colour [sc. vermilion or bright red] in the blood.
1886 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 161 The migratory birds generally arrive within a week on one side or other of the average date assigned by naturalists to their respective arrivals.
1957 M. Kennedy Heroes of Clone iii. i. 158 He went again to the window to watch for the arrival of the tacky little car.
1995 B. E. Brinner Knowing Music, Making Music vii. 167 We would try to play together, but our only indication of success or failure was our more or less concerted arrival at the end of the piece.
2002 W. Woodruff Road to Nab End (2003) 141 On my arrival Mr Gill was always standing with his back to the fire, drinking tea.
b. The birth of a child.Often simply a contextual use of sense 2a.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [noun]
birdeOE
birtha1200
i-borenessc1225
bearingc1275
nativityc1375
progressionc1385
gettingc1480
natality1483
naissance1490
falling1533–4
nascence1570
natitial1612
progermination1648
happy event1737
engendure1821
arrival1830
birthhood1867
interesting event1899
1830 Literary Port Folio 25 Feb. 57/1 The arrival of a mewling infant who can scarcely open its eyes, and only opens its mouth..for food, will effect the most extraordinary alteration in a whole household.
1864 Lancet 16 Jan. 75/2 The unexpected and premature arrival of the little stranger.
1866 J. B. Chetwynd Three Hundred a Year xxiii. 196 How she had longed for this letter, congratulating her on baby's safe arrival.
1915 C. Farwell in Child Welfare Man (Univ. Soc., N.Y.) I. 209 The arrival of a new baby is the signal for all of the relatives and friends to buy rings and rattles.
1992 S. Townsend Queen & I (1993) xvi. 121 Together, she and Violet..covered the sofa in white linen and prepared for the baby's arrival.
2007 Hello! 17 July 49 How did you celebrate baby Michael's arrival?
3.
a. The action or an instance of something being brought or conveyed to a place, person, etc.; delivery. Originally: spec. the action of something being brought or conveyed by boat or ship.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival > specifically of things
arrival1562
1562–3 Act 5 Elizabeth I c. 8 §42 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 436 Every Customer Officer or Officers deputie that shall make any false Certificat of tharrvyall of any Leather in any Porte Creek or Place of this Realme, shall also forfaite for every suche Offence, One Hundrethe Powndes.
1601 G. de Malynes Treat. Canker Englands Commonw. ii. 43 The arriuall of any quantitie of cloth and kerseis out of England.
1653 H. Killigrew Pallantus & Eudora iv. i. 35 He went forth..a little before The arrival of the Letters.
1735 Daily Gazetteer 1 Nov. Robert Tito of Pool, taketh into his Celler, near the little Key, all Sorts of Goods and Merchandize..and also shall advise by the first Post, after the Arrival of any Goods from London or Bristol.
1840 T. R. Dew Great Question of Day 13 The arrival of the news by the Atlantic steamers.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 90 To await the arrival of the money.
1924 R. E. McClure Dominant Blood ii. x. 319 Enid was expecting that letter which at least once a week made the post's arrival an event.
1968 S. Hill Gentleman & Ladies ii. 17 The arrival of innumerable small parcels.
2007 N.Y. Mag. 19 Feb. 53/2 There are people who await each year's arrival of fresh-off-the-presses extra-virgin olive oil as if it were the first white truffle.
b. figurative. The emergence or occurrence of something new, as an event, system, development, etc. Also, in later use: the appearance or availability of a new product, invention, or technology.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > coming into existence
upspringc1000
arising1340
growingc1380
arrival1581
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coming1626
rise1640
emersion1678
extancea1682
nascency1682
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upstarting1845
becoming1853
nascence1892
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. sig. CC.iiiv After the arriuall of this new Gospell..and this doctrine of new religion.
1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. iii. xxxi. 369 Those..converted by the first arrivall of Christianity in Aegypt.
1793 Monthly Rev. 10 App. 580 The arrival of that fearful crisis which Mr. Belsham so emphatically deprecates.
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xxiii. 193 One of the..consequences of competition is the production of a supply far larger than the demand requires... It is..important..to foresee its arrival.
1871 T. C. Barker Aryan Civilization xlvii. 230 Possibly if the cities could have..given the government to a few and liberty to all, the arrival of democracy might have been prevented.
1931 N.Y. Times 22 Feb. xx. 17/3 Television is ahead, and time will tell whether Marconi will celebrate its arrival next Autumn or ten years hence.
1978 L. A. Loubère Red & White xi. 254 The arrival of fast, cheap transport and scientific techniques for preserving fermented juices.
2010 Observer 21 Mar. (New Review section) 24/2 The arrival of powerful smartphones and computers with built-in video capabilities.
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a. The action or an act of coming to a position or state, or of reaching or achieving a goal or desired end; the reaching of a particular stage of development or point in one's life. With at or (formerly) †to.
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1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. f. 19 Tel me..what rewarde and gift, what honour and preferment haue I euer bestowed vpon you, sithens my first arriuall to this victorious raigne, that euer you by due desert did binde me therunto?
1657 J. Dodington tr. C. Vialart Hist. Govt. France 161 He also made his entry into Nancy, with Balls and publique rejoycings in his Court, and all that he might celebrate with the more Honour his arrival to the Crown of Lorrain.
1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 126 The Benefits which may thereby accrue to them..of enjoying means and helps for the arrival at the knowledge of the true God.
1799 Methodist Mag. Apr. 198 Perhaps this doleful sound [sc. a funeral knell] may proclaim the tender Cynthia's arrival at immortality.
1816 P. Francis Let. Missive to Lord Holland 63 In all other attainments of human skill, the arrival at perfection is by progression.
1891 Daily Jrnl. (Logansport, Indiana) 5 Mar. Mr Grable is one of the very few persons in this county who have lived to the remarkable age of ninety years and his arrival at that ripe old age was fittingly celebrated at the hospitable home of his son.
1906 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 22 Mar. 115/1 The period of incubation, development, and arrival at full growth may differ in time, degree, and measure of perfection.
1995 E. S. Mallin Inscribing Time iii. 125 The glorious and tragic arrival at kingship suffered by James and the English nation in the spring of 1603.
2011 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 20 Feb. e2 The scientific method requires the formulation of a hypothesis, experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falsity of said hypothesis and the arrival at a conclusion.
b. The coming of a point in time, stage of one's life, etc.
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1600 R. G. Famous Hist. Albions Queene vi. sig. F3v King Edward..immagined winter stormes ouerpast, and the pleasant ariuall of a faire sommer to be at hand.
1630 tr. F. Arias Treat. of Patience ii. 12 Vpon the arriuall of the seauenth day, he felt the grief and torment of Circumcision, which was extreame.
1700 D. Craufurd Several Lett. 31 The happier gods..clos'd up the Gape of Heaven to wait the arrival of the marching Day.
1774 London Mag. Mar. 127/1 Their parents..wished only for the arrival of maturity to make all parties happy.
1830 N.-Y. Amulet 1 Nov. 153/1 The Mariner..impatiently desires the arrival of the time when his ship shall unmoor from the festering dock, and dare the wind and wave.
1871 Tinsleys' Mag. Aug. 91/1 The arrival of our turn for duty.
1912 Irish Times 26 Dec. 4/7 Three days ago..there were all the signs of a very boisterous arrival of Christmas, with strong winds and gales.
1991 Details June 25/1 Shorts remain the fashion signpost of summer's arrival.
2004 B. Thor State of Union xxxx. 251 The arrival of evening was accompanied by brutally cold winds.
II. A person who or thing which arrives or has arrived, and related senses.
5.
a. A person, vehicle, vessel, etc., that arrives or has arrived at a place or event. Often (and now chiefly) with modifying adjective. Cf. arriver n.Now one of the two main senses of arrival, the other being sense 2a.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun] > one who
comerc1390
arriver1620
arrival1847
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival > one who arrives
comerc1390
arriver1620
arrival1847
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 351 The next Arriuals here, perchance, will gladlier build their nests.
1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. xxvii. 388 On the 10th and 11th of this month we had two very welcome arrivals from England, the Resolution and Salamander storeships.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 27 To-day the Lady Psyche will harangue The fresh arrivals.
1850 H. Moses Sketches India iii. 83 Criticised by the modern arrivals from England.
1898 Cosmopolitan June 130/2 The swarm of tourists..pour out pesetas and dollars until they find themselves in danger of being mobbed by the fresh arrivals.
1924 Glasgow Herald 25 Sept. 6 In most Latin American countries, the arrivals find no organized Jewish life.
1996 S. King Desperation ii. v. 360 This latest arrival squalled at his mates, then squirted a thick stream of guano onto the car's hood.
2008 Atlantic Monthly May 52 The chairs were not enough, and late arrivals stood against the long shotgun walls, or out in the small lobby.
b. With premodifying adjective, esp. in new arrival: a baby, esp. a newborn.Often simply a contextual use of sense 5a.
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the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]
childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
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chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1846 Weekly Suppl. Liverpool Mercury 29 May 3/2 To a new arrival. Welcome, dear baby! to this world, this beauteous world of ours.
1882 I. Banks More than Coronets 222 Aunts and uncles..caressing and admiring the new arrival.
1927 Children Jan. 33/2 She often divides her breasts between both babies for a time but there is room inside her parka or jacket for only one baby and this must be, of course, the latest arrival.
1993 J. W. Gould & R. E. Gunther Reinventing Fatherhood xvii. 171 The mother is thinking about how to care for this cooing or crying little arrival.
2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 Apr. vii. 16/1 I..was living the life of the typical pregnant woman in a 1950s TV show. I..took care of the planning for our new arrival.
6.
a. Something brought or conveyed to a place, person, etc.; a delivery. Also: spec. (Business) a cargo sold for arrival (see for arrival at Phrases 1).Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 3a.
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1766 C. Smith Three Tracts Corn-Trade & Corn-Laws ii. 85 If the high prices are owing to the shortness of the Crops, lateness of the Harvest, want of arrivals, or to any other cause.
1830 N.-Y. Spectator 13 Nov. These duties shall be levied without distinction on arrivals, and with the only surcharge of 1fr. on such corn as shall arrive by sea in foreign bottoms.
1853 Derby Mercury 1 June The mail arrivals from the United States bring accounts of a most melancholy shipwreck on the 3rd of May, at Storrey's Key, in the Bahamas islands.
1882 Manch. Guardian 10 Mar. 7/5 The brokerage on ‘arrivals’ should be reduced.
1938 Steel 29 Aug. 71/2 Other arrivals included 41 tons of shapes from Belgium and two lots of steel tubing.
2007 ‘W. Allen’ Mere Anarchy 3 I was carefully filing the new postal arrivals alphabetically in the paper shredder.
b. Something that has newly emerged or appeared; a new product, development, system, etc.
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1862 Mechanics' Mag. 30 May 357/1 The latest arrival exhibited by Mr. Crooke..the new substance Thallium.
1872 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 May (advt.) We would just mention new arrivals in Real Hair Switches,..Real Hair Curls, French Twists, Pompadours, [etc.].
1894 Electricity 1 Aug. 36/2 This new arrival among the automatic devices for adjusting the height of drop lights is said to be the simplest.
1901 Electrician 4 Jan. 397/2 The first electric tramway was devised in 1879..; while wireless telegraphy—the latest arrival—is of quite recent birth.
1933 D. D. Knowles in Electronics VI. 164/1 The Ignitron is the latest arrival in the rapidly growing family of industrial electronic tubes.
2003 Vogue May 261/1 Miraculous new cosmetic treatments seem to debut every week..(Restylane, Zyderm, Cosmoplast, and Cosmoderm, all fillers, are among the recent arrivals).
7. In plural with singular agreement. Frequently with capital initial. An area of an airport designated for the arrival of passengers disembarking from a flight.Recorded earliest in compounds: see arrivals area n. at Compounds 1b(b).
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1978 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 29 Oct. 5/2 In desperation, you drive back into the first parking lot, leave your car in one of the many unoccupied ‘reserved’ spots and walk across to arrivals.
1983 Observer 3 Apr. 29/1 Petworth is in Arrivals, waiting for his official guide.
1991 High Life (Brit. Airways) May 99 (advt.) Our radio-controlled courtesy coach will pick you up at arrivals.
2009 Fodor's see it Spain (ed. 3) 45/1 Car rental desks are near the baggage reclaim in Arrivals.
Phrases
P1. Business. for arrival. Denoting goods or commodities purchased prior to the arrival in port of the ship carrying them as cargo and to be delivered to the buyer once the ship arrives. Chiefly in to be sold for arrival. Cf. arrive v. Phrases 1. Now rare.
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1822 Morning Post 5 Sept. The extensive speculators having purchased largely at St. Petersburgh, preventing the supply [of Tallow] from reaching the houses in London, who have sold largely for arrival.
1882 Morning Post 27 Apr. 7/4 On spot 1,500 bags old crop Rangoon sold at 7s. 3d., and for arrival a steamer cargo of Rangoon, 1,700 tons, at 7s. 1½d.
1921 Weekly Rev. Far East 15 Oct. 330/2 Some forward goods have been sold for arrival this year.
1965 Econ. Hist. Rev. 18 153 They [sc. brokers] were beginning to trade on their own account although by law forbidden to do so, and through them it was also possible to buy for arrival.
P2. arrival on the scene: see scene n. 8a.
Compounds
C1. General attributive, chiefly with reference to travel by aeroplane, ship, train, etc.
a.
(a) With the first element in singular form.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated at Compounds 2a.
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1838 F. W. Simms Public Wks. Great Brit. 2 On the opposite side an arrival stage or platform is erected.
1897 B. Stoker Dracula xvii. 224 The crowd melted away, after the bustling fashion common to arrival platforms.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 6/3 A new wide roadway for carriages..will be used by arrival passengers.
1967 ‘P. Loraine’ W.I.L. One to Curtis xii. 216 He..told the taxi-driver to take him straight past the main entrance and deposit him at the Arrival department.
1986 G. Biddle Great Railway Stations Brit. vi. 76 The frontage block on the arrival side was an area where engines could draw forward and stand after being released from their trains.
2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 July d2/4 Continental flight attendants were already making arrival announcements ending with ‘you may now use your cellular telephones’ during taxi into the gate.
(b)
arrival area n.
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1846 S. Sidney Gauge Evid. 156 The troops are formed in line on the arrival area in front of the station.
1962 Times 20 Oct. 11/4 The late-arriving birds..remained in their arrival area.
2016 Daily Star (Lebanon) (Nexis) 18 June Istanbul's main airport is now a city of two worlds: its transit halls as full as ever; the arrival areas eerily quiet.
arrival ceremony n.
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1888 Times of India 8 Dec. 4/4 Those who find themselves provided with seats on the platform to witness the arrival ceremony.
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Oct. (Final ed.) a11 Mathias..was invited to the North Lawn arrival ceremony, as was every member of Congress.
2016 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 6 Mar. c34 The students..were invited to join the Obamas in the arrival ceremony for the new prime minister.
arrival date n.
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1875 London & China Tel. 20 Dec. 1019/2 Twice has his arrival date been put forward.
1948 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 29 Aug. 35/3 A tentative forecast of arrival date of ships from Europe and the Southwest Pacific.
2010 Daily Tel. 6 May 14/8 Google's service will start in the US this year but its arrival date in Europe has not yet been announced.
arrival delay n.
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1934 Washington Post 23 Mar. 3/1 (heading) Port said arrival delay may be intentional.
2012 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. Air India..recorded the highest number of arrival delays.
arrival information n.
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1941 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. i. 78/8 Steamship arrival information also is contained in the Morton Allen European steamship directory.
2010 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 May 13 Real time arrival information at bus stops is a more recent idea.
arrival terminal n. [terminal n. 4a]
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1956 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) 11 Oct. 1/1 Either Westover Field, Mass., or Maguire Field, N.J., the usual arrival terminals of homecoming MATS passengers.
2011 PNG Post-Courier (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Sept. 1 Sir Michael [Somare]..walked through the arrival terminal and into the VIP lounge unaided.
arrival time n.
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1849 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 27 Apr. 4/2 The following will be the Trains' Departure and Arrival Times from the 1st May.
1972 Nature 17 Mar. 96/1 Differences between observed arrival times of P-waves at seismometers and the theoretical arrival time.
2001 European Ferry Scene Summer 18/2 A leisurely 400 mile coastal cruise around Land's End..with an estimated arrival time in Portsmouth being around June 5th, weather and gremlins permitting!
b.
(a) With the first element in plural form, chiefly with reference to airports and air travel (cf. sense 7).Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated at Compounds 2b.
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1959 G. Harrison V.Y.B.: Cent. of Metal Broking i. 16 The claims of London became more apparent with the increase of ‘arrivals’ dealing.
1967 G. Greene May we borrow your Husband? 72 Henry Cooper was first out of the arrivals door and he took a hired car.
1977 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 3 July 11/4 There's a USO information desk in the arrivals lobby which can help you obtain a Korea Regional Exchange taxi to downtown Seoul.
1991 High Life (Brit. Airways) May 86/1 If you wish to transfer to a UK Domestic flight..follow Arrivals information on the previous page.
1997 M. Collin & J. Godfrey Altered State ii. 45 When the holiday season begins in May, Ibiza..opens its arrivals channel to a torrent of half a million hedonists.
2000 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Sept. 1 The arrivals statistics also show that the majority of immigrants head to the North Island.
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arrivals area n.
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1957 Aeroplane 4 Oct. 514/2 Arriving passengers leave their coach and enter by one or more doors in the arrivals area.
2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Jan. a4 Security experts consider arrivals areas to be so-called soft targets because they are less heavily policed.
arrivals terminal n. [terminal n. 4a]
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1958 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 7 Aug. The arrivals terminal..will house facilities of the U. S. Customs, Immigration, Public Health and Agriculture departments.
2006 New Yorker 27 Mar. 69/1 The arrivals terminal in Svanï City resembled a post-Mongolian yurt made of tinted glass.
C2.
a. With the first element in singular form.
arrival board n. = arrivals board n. at Compounds 2b.
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1884 North-China Herald 22 Aug. 220/2 The walls of the passage are utilized for suspending a ship's arrival board after the model of the one at the Customs, though, of course, on a smaller scale.
1902 Boston Daily Globe 23 Sept. 3/2 The northern trains were scheduled on the arrival board as on time.
2016 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 28 May c26 I sprinted to the terminal, then paced like a caged animal between the arrival board and the gate.
arrival gate n. = arrivals gate n. at Compounds 2b.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > airport > gate
arrival gate1948
gate1956
1948 Washington Post 13 June 6 l/6 The late arrivals..stand in the wire-fenced ‘sheep run’ that leads from the arrival gate to the Public Health inspection room.
2016 Daily Star (Lebanon) (Nexis) 23 Aug. The bag had been left in one of the bathrooms near the arrival gate at the airport.
arrival hall n. = arrivals hall n. at Compounds 2b.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > airport > terminal building
terminal building1852
arrival hall1895
1895 Brit. Architect 22 Feb. 129/2 The bridge from the central platform of the Waverley Station to the hotel and railway offices will deliver the passengers and their luggage in a spacious ‘arrival hall’.
1971 K. Awoonor This Earth, my Brother x. 119 The arrival hall..hummed with human activity. It's the most imposing part of the airport.
2016 Metro 12 Jan. (London ed.) 12/2 A snake..was discovered after a woman loaded her bags and was preparing to leave the arrival hall.
arrival lounge n. = arrivals lounge n. at Compounds 2b.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > airport > terminal building > lounge for passengers
transit lounge1944
departure1948
arrival lounge1949
V.I.P. lounge1967
1949 Evening Observer (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 10 Jan. 16/6 An American, arriving recently at London Airport, from Paris, walked into the arrival lounge.
1968 Listener 20 June 806/1 Gate Number 9 at Heathrow's arrival lounge.
2009 Fiji Times (Nexis) 7 Apr. 28 Airport security sealed off the entrance to the arrival lounge and set up a cordon inside the terminal building.
arrival statement n. a statement or speech made by a dignitary or high-ranking official after arriving somewhere for a summit, official visit, etc.
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1956 Washington Post 12 July 2/2 In an arrival statement, Nixon..stuck to a report of friendly reactions he found overseas.
1973 N.Y. Times: Abstr. (Nexis) 9 Dec. 6/1 Kissinger, in his arrival statement, says NATO has a new role to play.
2010 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 14 July After delivering his arrival statement, Krishna was taken from the airport in a helicopter.
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arrivals board n. (at an airport, port, railway station, etc.) a noticeboard or screen on which the details, esp. the (expected) arrival time, of incoming aeroplanes, ships, trains, etc., are displayed.
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1883 North-China Herald 7 Nov. 519/3 We would ask the Customs officials in charge of the ‘Arrivals Board’ to be more careful in reporting vessels.
1987 B. Moore Colour of Blood xi. 72 The station seemed deserted. The arrivals board was blank.
2016 Crawley News (Nexis) 11 May 10 Check the arrivals board for the next flight due in.
arrivals gate n. (at an airport) a gate (gate n.1 6e) by which arriving passengers enter the terminal at which their flight has landed.
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1962 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 27 Nov. 8 a/1 As I started toward the arrivals gate, the boom of a military salute began.
2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) vi. 90 Sarah was at the arrivals gate, wrapped in a shapeless woollen coat.
arrivals hall n. (at an airport) a large hall into which arriving passengers come after collecting their luggage and passing through security, customs, etc., before they leave the airport; (also less commonly) a similar hall in a railway station, bus station, etc.
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1948 Flight & Aircraft Engineer 9 Dec. 691/1 (caption) The entrance to the Arrivals Hall [sc. at Schiphol Aiport, Amsterdam], and in the background the two-storey restaurant.
1957 Irish Times 5 Nov. 1/6 Six glass domes from the roof of the domestic arrivals hall were lifted and shattered when they fell on to a flat roof.
1996 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 2 Oct. 13 a (caption) A passenger treads on debris in the arrivals hall of Paris' Austerlitz train station.
2001 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. i. 1/1 Over the past three years, the accident and emergency department closest to the arrivals hall has dealt with 30 air passengers killed by deep vein thrombosis.
arrivals lounge n. (at an airport) a lounge, typically providing refreshments, newspapers, washing facilities, etc., in which arriving passengers can rest after their flight.
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1953 Flight & Aircraft Engineer 1 May 541/2 Two receptionists..conduct the voyagers from the aircraft to the arrivals lounge.
1985 Times 26 Nov. 28/7 Passengers looking distractedly out of the window in the hopes of perhaps catching a glimpse of a waiting relative in the arrivals lounge.
2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 27 Aug. 5/4 Autograph hunters staked out the arrivals lounges of the domestic and international terminals looking for gold medallists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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