reach

[ reech ]

/ ritʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.

to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: Your letter never reached me.

to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.: to reach a book on a high shelf.

to stretch or hold out; extend: reaching out a hand in greeting.

to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet: The bookcase reaches the ceiling.

to establish communication with: I called but couldn't reach you.

to amount to, as in the sum or total: The cost will reach millions.

to penetrate to: distant stars the eye cannot reach.

to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile: The artillery fire reached the shore.

to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.: a program that reached a large teenage audience.

verb (used without object)

to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.

to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.

to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: to reach for a weapon.

to extend in operation or effect: power that reaches throughout the land.

to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: a coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.

to extend or continue in time.

to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to).

to amount (often followed by to): sums reaching to a considerable total.

to penetrate: Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.

to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily: I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.

Nautical.

to sail on a reach.
to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.

noun

an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.

the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of his voice.

range of effective action, power, or capacity.

a continuous stretch or extent of something: a reach of woodland.

Also called pound. a level portion of a canal, between locks.

Nautical. a point of sailing in which the wind is within a few points of the beam, either forward of the beam (close reach), directly abeam (beam reach), or abaft the beam (broad reach).

the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.

a straight portion of a river between two bends.

Origin of reach

before 900; (v.) Middle English rechen, Old English rǣcan (cognate with German reichen, Dutch reiken); (noun) derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR reach

1 attain.

24 area, sphere, scope.

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synonym study for reach

See grasp.

OTHER WORDS FROM reach

reach·a·ble, adjective reach·a·bil·i·ty, noun reach·er, noun un·reach·a·ble, adjective

un·reached, adjective

Words nearby reach

re-uptake, re., rea, rea silvia, reabsorption, reach, reach for the sky, reach rod, reach-me-down, reaching jib, reacquire

Example sentences from the Web for reach

The first thing they told us was that the traffickers are now using Turkish ports, which are relatively easy to reach from Syria.

Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean |Barbie Latza Nadeau |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Or (horrors) he could reach out to congressional leaders in both parties to pursue bipartisan legislation.

Obama’s Pot Policy Is Refer Madness |James Poulos |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He seemed to get a little turned around on the way but managed to reach what might have been presumed to be his destination.

Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours |Michael Daly |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Do we critique those women who would modify themselves just to reach those standards?

Renée Zellweger Got a New Face—and Everyone Had An Opinion About It |Kevin O’Keeffe |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

As a well-known advocate for Baluch rights in Iran, young Iranians reach out to him for advice.

The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan |Umar Farooq |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
May we all reach that union; may we deserve it; may we inhabit it for ever and ever.

The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick |Various
We took the wind through the night, and in the morning we were eighty miles from Corfu, which I determined to reach by rowing.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
In a word, my love, however little it might reach her heart, was everything to mine.

Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) |Charles Lever
Curious rivulets of tawny brown ran here and there as far as the eye could reach.

Francisco Our Little Argentine Cousin |Eva Cannon Brooks
Running from thence down the line of dots toward the center we reach Kan, immediately above which is the character for 13.

Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts |Cyrus Thomas

British Dictionary definitions for reach

reach

/ (riːtʃ) /

verb

(tr) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action to reach the office

to extend as far as (a point or place) to reach the ceiling; can you reach?

(tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation) to reach the point of starvation

(intr) to extend in influence or operation the Roman conquest reached throughout England

(tr) informal to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand to reach someone a book

(intr ; foll by out, for, or after) to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch to reach for something on a shelf

(intr ; foll by for or after) to strive or yearn to reach for the impossible

(tr) to make contact or communication with (someone) we tried to reach him all day

(tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing

(tr) to amount to (a certain sum) to reach the five million mark

(intr) nautical to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam

noun

the act of reaching

the extent or distance of reaching within reach of safety; beyond her reach

the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc

an open stretch of water, esp on a river

nautical the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack

a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end

television radio the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week

marketing the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign

Derived forms of reach

reachable, adjective reacher, noun

Word Origin for reach

Old English rǣcan; related to Old Frisian rēka, Old High German reihhen

Idioms and Phrases with reach

reach

In addition to the idiom beginning with reach

reach for the sky

also see:

boardinghouse reach
get to (reach) first base
in reach

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reach

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verb

noun

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reach

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

Origin of reach

SYNONYMS FOR reach

synonym study for reach

OTHER WORDS FROM reach

Words nearby reach

Words related to reach

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