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Reach   /ritʃ/   Listen
Reach

verb
(past & past part. reached, obs. raught; pres. part. reaching)
1.
Reach a destination, either real or abstract.  Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make.  "The water reached the doorstep" , "We barely made it to the finish line" , "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
2.
Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.  Synonyms: attain, hit.  "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
3.
Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense.  Synonym: reach out.
4.
Be in or establish communication with.  Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through.  "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
5.
To gain with effort.  Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain.
6.
To extend as far as.  Synonyms: extend to, touch.  "Can he reach?" , "The chair must not touch the wall"
7.
Reach a goal, e.g.,.  Synonyms: get to, make, progress to.  "We made it!" , "She may not make the grade"
8.
Place into the hands or custody of.  Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over.  "Turn the files over to me, please" , "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
9.
To exert much effort or energy.  Synonyms: strain, strive.
noun
1.
The limits within which something can be effective.  Synonym: range.  "He was beyond the reach of their fire"
2.
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.  Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope.  "A piano has a greater range than the human voice" , "The ambit of municipal legislation" , "Within the compass of this article" , "Within the scope of an investigation" , "Outside the reach of the law" , "In the political orbit of a world power"
3.
The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.  Synonyms: reaching, stretch.
4.
The limit of capability.  Synonyms: compass, grasp, range.



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"Reach" Quotes from Famous Books



... was that he wasn't altogether a fool in other ways. Deep down in him there was a kind of stratum of sense. I had known him, once or twice, show an almost human intelligence. But to reach that stratum, mind you, ...
— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
... him; "and to do the fellows justice they fought desperately. Well, now we have to get back to the ship, which is a good ten miles away. She is still becalmed, and so are we, and unless the wind springs up we shall hardly reach her before nightfall. I don't like to ask the men for more exertions after a ten miles row at such a ripping pace; still, it must be done. Let two boats take each of the pirates in tow; they ...
— By Conduct and Courage • G. A. Henty
... gave her a decided uneasiness. Tired out by her trip, she did not light the fire, and after disposing of the cold lunch Mrs. Thompson had put up for her, affixed the bar, and went to bed, with her six-gun within reach of her hand. ...
— The Gold Girl • James B. Hendryx
... by two different persons, unknown to each other, that there were 8000 persons assembled, besides many hundreds who were on their way, but did not reach the meeting in time, owing to the shortness of the notice. Cap^t. Ayres and Mr. Barkley, late one of the consignees, left Arch wharf on board a pilot boat (having been 46 hours in town,) to follow the ship to Reedy Island. They were attended to the wharf ...
— Tea Leaves • Various
... the world! Let me, I pray, enter into the Land, live there two or three years, and then die." God: "I have resolved that thou shalt not go there." Moses: "If I may not enter it in my lifetime, let me reach it after my death." God: "Nay, neither dead nor alive shalt thou go into the land." Moses: "Why this wrath against me?" God: "Because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel." Moses: "With all Thy creatures dost Thou deal according to Thy quality of mercy, forgiving ...
— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME III BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG


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