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arrival
English
Etymology
arrive +? -al
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?-r?v'?l, IPA(key): /???a?.v?l/
Noun
arrival (countable and uncountable, plural arrivals)
- The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, Scene 5,[1]
- And wander we to see thy honest son,
- Who will of thy arrival be full joyous.
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 10, pp. 127-128,[2]
- the unavoidable irregularity in the arrivals of coal ships
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, Scene 5,[1]
- The fact of reaching a particular point in time.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Scene 2,[3]
- O gentlemen, the time of life is short!
- To spend that shortness basely were too long,
- If life did ride upon a dial’s point,
- Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
- 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, London: Chapman and Hall, Volume 1, Chapter 17, p. 266,[4]
- I now fell into a regular routine of apprenticeship-life, which was varied […] by no more remarkable circumstance than the arrival of my birthday and my paying another visit to Miss Havisham.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, New York: Vintage, Chapter 15, p. 327,[5]
- It was a place […] where to count on the arrival of tomorrow was an indulgence, and every service in the house, from the milkman to the electricity, was paid for on a strictly daily basis so as not to spend money on utilities or goods that would be wasted should God turn up in all his holy vengeance the very next day.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Scene 2,[3]
- The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.
- Synonym: onset
- 1951, William Styron, Lie Down in Darkness, New York: Modern Library, Chapter 6, p. 306,[6]
- a raw scraping in the back of his throat, which announced the arrival of a bad cold
- 1995, Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Part 11, p. 513,[7]
- Streetlamps started to flicker tentatively—yellow buds, intimating the arrival of the full glow.
- The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.
- Synonyms: advent, introduction
- 1973, Jan Morris, Heaven’s Command, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980, Part 3, Chapter 21, p. 411,[8]
- All the admirals had grown up in sail, and many of them viewed the arrival of steam with undisguised dislike […]
- A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.
- Synonyms: arrivant, arriver
- 1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, London: John Hunt, Canto 11, stanza 68, p. 137,[9]
- Saloon, room, hall o’erflow beyond their brink,
- And long the latest of arrivals halts,
- ’Midst royal dukes and dames condemned to climb,
- And gain an inch of staircase at a time.
- 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York: Charles L. Webster, Chapter 24, p. 306,[10]
- The abbot and his monks were assembled in the great hall, observing with childish wonder and faith the performances of a new magician, a fresh arrival.
- 1970, J. G. Farrell, Troubles, New York: Knopf, 1971, p. 72,[11]
- a raw apple […] that looked so fresh and shining that it might even have been an early arrival of the new season’s crop
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, Chapter 14, p. 369,[12]
- […] the whole bar was a fierce collective roar, and he edged and smiled politely through it like a sober late arrival at a wild party.
Antonyms
- departure
- non-arrival, nonarrival
Derived terms
Translations
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debut
English
Alternative forms
- début
Etymology
From French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *but? (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eud- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?bju?/, /?de?bju?/
- (US) IPA(key): /de??bju?/
- (Filipino Diaspora) IPA(key): /d??bu?/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /d??b??/, /?dæ?b??/, /?dæ?bj??/
Noun
debut (plural debuts)
- A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
- 2016 September 29, Jason Keller, Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks, CBC (Canada):
- Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks.
- 2016 September 29, Jason Keller, Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks, CBC (Canada):
- (also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
- Coordinate term: sophomore
- The first appearance of a debutante in society.
Usage notes
- British English favours "on one's debut" where North American English favours "in one's debut" in sense "during"; see quotations above.
Translations
Verb
debut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted)
- (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public
- (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance
Translations
Related terms
- debutant
- debutante
Anagrams
- tubed
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /d??but/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de?but/
Noun
debut m (plural debuts)
- debut (a performer's first appearance in public)
Related terms
- debutant
- debutar
Further reading
- “debut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From French début.
Noun
debut m
- debut
Synonyms
- po?átek
Related terms
- debutant, debutantka
- debutovat
Further reading
- debut in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- debut in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From French début (“debut”).
Noun
debut c (singular definite debuten or debut'en, plural indefinite debuter or debut'er)
- debut
Inflection
Further reading
- “debut” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French début
Noun
debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debuter, definite plural debutene)
- a debut
Related terms
- debutant
- debutere
References
- “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French début
Noun
debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debutar, definite plural debutane)
- a debut
Related terms
- debutant
- debutere
References
- “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French début
Noun
debut n (plural debuturi)
- debut
- outbreak
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From French début (“debut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?bu/, [d?e???u]
- (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /de?but/, [d?e???ut?]
Noun
debut m (plural debuts)
- debut
Related terms
- debutar
Further reading
- “debut” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
From French début (“first throw or shot in a ball game”).
Noun
debut c
- a debut
Declension
Related terms
- debutant
- debutera
Anagrams
- budet
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