arrival

arrival
    n 1: accomplishment of an objective [syn: {arrival}, {reaching}]
    2: the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her
       arrival"
    3: someone who arrives (or has arrived) [syn: {arrival},
       {arriver}, {comer}]
    

Arrival \Ar*riv"al\, n. [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.
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            Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
            Expect his swift arrival.             --Dryden.
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   2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in
      natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was
      wholly unexpected.
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   3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as,
      news brought by the last arrival.
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            Another arrival still more important was speedily
            announced.                            --Macaulay.
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   4. An approach. [Obs.]
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            The house has a corner arrival.       --H. Walpole.
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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