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Definition of 'REACH' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) reach
to get to or as far as; arrive at:
The boat reached the shore.

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

3.  reach
to take and convey or pass along:
Will you reach me the fork?

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

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

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

7.  reach
to amount to:
The cost will reach millions.

8.  reach
to carry to; penetrate to:
The noise reached our ears.

9.  reach
to succeed in influencing, impressing, rousing, etc.

10. (v.i.) reach
to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.

11.  reach
to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.

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

13.  reach
to extend, as in operation, effect, direction, length, or distance.

14.  reach
to carry or penetrate:
as far as the eye could reach.

15.  reach
to sail on a reach.

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

17. (n.) reach
an act or instance of reaching.

18.  reach
the extent or distance of reaching.

19.  reach
range of effective action, power, or capacity.

20.  reach
Usu., reaches. level, rank, or stratum.

21.  reach
a continuous stretch or extent of something, as of land or a river.

22.  reach
(in sailing) a tack in which the wind is either a few compass points forward or abaft the beam.

23.  reach
(on a wagon) a pole connecting the rear axle with the forward support.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME rechen, OE ræmacr;can)

Definition of 'REACH' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) range, reach
the limits within which something can be effective
"range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

2. (noun) scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
"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. (noun) reach, reaching, stretch
the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

4. (verb) compass, range, reach, grasp
the limit of capability
"within the compass of education"

5. (verb) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
reach a destination, either real or abstract
"We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

6. (verb) reach, hit, attain
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
"The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

7. (verb) reach, reach out
move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
"Government reaches out to the people"

8. (verb) reach, get through, get hold of, contact
be in or establish communication with
"Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

9. (verb) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
to gain with effort
"she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

10. (verb) reach, extend to, touch
to extend as far as
"The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

11. (verb) reach, make, get to, progress to
reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
"We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

12. (verb) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
place into the hands or custody of
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

13. (verb) strive, reach, strain
to exert much effort or energy
"straining our ears to hear"


Definition of 'REACH' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) reach
to achieve a particular level or goal after working toward it
We have reached the final stage of the contest.; The fundraisers are trying to reach the $20,000 mark.

2.  reach
to arrive somewhere after traveling
We reached Phoenix just after midnight.

3.  reach
to stretch out your arm to touch or hold
She reached up to the top shelf.; I can't reach it.; I was reaching for my paddle and fell in.

4.  reach
to be long enough to touch
The ladder wasn't tall enough to reach the window.; It won't reach.

5.  reach
to call and talk to sb on the phone
Do you know where I can reach her?

6.  reach
to broadcast to or communicate with a particular group
We're using email to reach a new audience.

7. (noun) reach
the distance sb or sth can stretch
The switch was just within my reach.; He tried, but the wallet was just out of his reach.

8.  reach
the distance you have to go to get to a place
a restaurant within reach of the hotel

9.  reach
sb's ability to do or afford
I think winning is well within his reach.; a price that puts the house out of our reach


Definition of 'REACH' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) REACH
an effort to vomit

2. (noun) REACH
the act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot

3. (noun) REACH
the power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity

4. (noun) REACH
extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope

5. (noun) REACH
an extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land

6. (noun) REACH
an artifice to obtain an advantage

7. (noun) REACH
the pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon

8. (verb) REACH
to retch

9. (verb) REACH
to extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like

10. (verb) REACH
hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book

11. (verb) REACH
to attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear

12. (verb) REACH
to strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell

13. (verb) REACH
hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as

14. (verb) REACH
to extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river

15. (verb) REACH
to arrive at; to come to; to get as far as

16. (verb) REACH
to arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to

17. (verb) REACH
to understand; to comprehend

18. (verb) REACH
to overreach; to deceive

19. (verb) REACH
to stretch out the hand

20. (verb) REACH
to strain after something; to make efforts

21. (verb) REACH
to extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something

22. (verb) REACH
to sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam


Translation of 'REACH' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to arrive at (a place, age etc)
We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bereik Arabic flag Arabic: يَصِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: достигам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: chegar a Czech flag Czech: dosáhnout German flag German: erreichen
Danish flag Danish: nå frem til; nå til; nå Greek flag Greek: φτάνω, καταλήγω σε Spanish flag Spanish: llegar (a)
Estonian flag Estonian: jõudma, saabuma Farsi flag Farsi: دست یافتن؛ رسیدن Finnish flag Finnish: saapua, saavuttaa
French flag French: arriver/parvenirà Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהָגִיע Hindi flag Hindi: पहुंचना
Croatian flag Croatian: stići, doći do Hungarian flag Hungarian: elér (vmit) Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencapai, menjangkau
Icelandic flag Icelandic: komast til/á/að Italian flag Italian: arrivare a, raggiungere Japanese flag Japanese: 着く
Korean flag Korean: 도착하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pasiekti Latvian flag Latvian: sasniegt; nonākt
Malay flag Malay: tiba Dutch flag Dutch: bereiken Norwegian flag Norwegian: nå, komme fram til
Polish flag Polish: dotrzeć/dojść do, osiągną Persian flag Persian: دست یافتن؛ رسیدن Pashto flag Pashto: رسيدل، رسول، غځول، اوږدول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: chegar a Romanian flag Romanian: a ajunge (la) Russian flag Russian: достигать
Slovak flag Slovak: dosiahnuť Slovenian flag Slovenian: dospeti Serbian flag Serbian: stići do
Swedish flag Swedish:  Thai flag Thai: ไปถึง Turkish flag Turkish: ulaşmak, varmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 到達 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: доїжджати до; добиратися Urdu flag Urdu: پہنچنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đến được; đạt được Chinese flag Chinese: 到达

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'REACH' - Nearby Entries  

reabsorb  reabsorption  reach  reach into  reach one's nostrils  reachable  reaching  



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