Definitions for Reach
ritʃreach

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. range, reachnoun

   the limits within which something can be effective

   "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

2. scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambitnoun

   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. reach, reaching, stretchnoun

   the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

4. compass, range, reach, graspverb

   the limit of capability

   "within the compass of education"

5. reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gainverb

   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. reach, hit, attainverb

   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. reach, reach outverb

   move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense

   "Government reaches out to the people"

8. reach, get through, get hold of, contactverb

   be in or establish communication with

   "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

9. achieve, accomplish, attain, reachverb

   to gain with effort

   "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

10. reach, extend to, touchverb

    to extend as far as

    "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

11. reach, make, get to, progress toverb

    reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"

    "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

12. pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, giveverb

    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. strive, reach, strainverb

    to exert much effort or energy

    "straining our ears to hear"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reachnoun

   The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown.

2. reachnoun

   The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

3. reachnoun

   Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

4. reachnoun

   An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

   To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.

5. reachnoun

   The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.

6. reachnoun

   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.

7. reachnoun

   Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel.

8. reachverb

   To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

9. reachverb

   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.

10. reachverb

    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.

11. reachverb

    To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.

12. reachverb

    Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.

13. reachverb

    To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.

14. reachverb

    To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

    In 3 years, he reached the position of manager.

15. reachverb

    To understand; to comprehend.

    I didn't reach what he was trying to tell me.

16. reachverb

    To stretch out the hand.

17. reachverb

    To strain after something; to make efforts.

    Reach for your dreams.

18. reachverb

    To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).

19. Etymology: From rechen, from ræcan, from raikijanan, from the rēigh-. Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reachnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Act of reaching or bringing by extension of the hand.2. Power of reaching or taking in the hand.

   There may be in a man’s reach a book containing pictures and discourses, capable to delight and instruct him, which yet he may never have the will to open. John Locke.

   3. Power of attainment or management.

   In actions, within the reach of power in him, a man seems as free as it is possible for freedom to make him. John Locke.

   4. Power; limit of faculties.

   Our sight may be considered as a more diffusive kind of touch, that brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe. Addison.

   Be sure yourself and your own reach to know,
   How far your genius, taste and learning go. Alexander Pope.

   5. Contrivance; artful scheme; deep thought.

   Drawn by others, who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. John Hayward.

   Some, under types, have affected obscurity to amuse and make themselves admired for profound reaches. James Howell.

   6. A fetch; an artifice to attain some distant advantage.

   The duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand, to cross the design. Francis Bacon.

   7. Tendency to distant consequences.

   Strain not my speech
   To grosser issues, nor to larger reach,
   Than to suspicion. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   8. Extent.

   The confines met of empyrean heav’n,
   And of this world: and, on the left hand, hell
   With long reach interpos’d, John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

2. To Reachverb

   ancient preterite raught.

   Etymology: ræcan , Saxon.

   1. To touch with the hand extended.

   What are riches, empire, pow’r,
   But larger means to gratify the will;
   The steps by which we climb to rise and reach
   Our wish, and that obtained, down with a scaffolding
   Of scepters, crowns and thrones: they’ve serv’d their end,
   And there like lumber to be left and scorn’d. William Congreve.

   2. To arrive at; to attain any thing distant; to strike from a distance.

   Round the tree
   They longing stood, but could not reach. John Milton.

   O patron pow’r, thy present aid afford,
   That I may reach the beast. Dryden.

   The coast so long desir’d
   Thy troops shall reach, but having reach’d, repent. Dryden.

   What remains beyond this, we have no more a positive notion of, than a mariner has of the depth of the sea; where, having let down his sounding-line, he reaches no bottom. John Locke.

   It must fall perhaps before this letter reaches your hands. Alexander Pope.

   3. To fetch from some place distant, and give.

   He reached me a full cup. 2 Esdr. xiv. 39.

   4. To bring forward from a distant place.

   Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27.

   5. To hold out; to stretch forth.

   These kinds of goodness are so nearly united to the things which desire them, that we scarcely perceive the appetite to stir in reaching forth her hand towards them. Richard Hooker.

   When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first. Ecclus. xxxi. 18.

   6. To attain; to gain; to obtain.

   The best accounts of the appearances of nature, which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. George Cheyne.

   7. To transfer.

   Through such hands
   The knowledge of the gods is reach’d to man. Nicholas Rowe.

   8. To penetrate to.

   Whatever alterations are made in the body, if they reach not the mind, there is no perception. John Locke.

   9. To be adequate to.

   The law reached the intention of the promoters, and this act fixed the natural price of money. John Locke.

   If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. John Locke, on Education.

   10. To extend to.

   Thy desire leads to no excess that reaches blame. John Milton.

   Her imprecations reach not to the tomb,
   They shut not out society in death. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   11. To extend; to spread abroad.

   Trees reach’d too far their pamper’d boughs. John Milton.

3. To Reachverb

   1. To be extended.

   We hold that the power which the church hath lawfully to make laws doth extend unto sundry things of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and such other matters whereto their opinion is, that the church’s authority and power doth not reach. Richard Hooker.

   The new world reaches quite cross the torrid zone in one tropick to the other. Boyle.

   When men pursue their thoughts of space, they are apt to stop at the confines of body, as if space were there at an end too, and reached no farther. John Locke.

   If I do not ask any thing improper, let me be buried by Theodosius; my vow reaches no farther than the grave. Add.

   The influence of the stars reaches to many events, which are not in the power of reason. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To be extended far.

   Great men have reaching hands. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   3. To penetrate.

   He hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage, that reacheth up into heaven. 2 Chr. xxviii.

   We reach forward into futurity, and bring up to our thoughts objects hid in the remotest depths of time. Addison.

   4. To make efforts to attain.

   Could a sailor always supply new line, and find the plummet sink without stopping, he would be in the posture of the mind, reaching after a positive idea of infinity. John Locke.

   5. To take in the hand.

   Lest he reach of the tree of life, and eat. John Milton.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reachverb

   to retch

2. Reachnoun

   an effort to vomit

3. Reachverb

   to extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like

4. Reachverb

   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

5. Reachverb

   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

6. Reachverb

   to strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell

7. Reachverb

   hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as

8. Reachverb

   to extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river

9. Reachverb

   to arrive at; to come to; to get as far as

10. Reachverb

    to arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to

11. Reachverb

    to understand; to comprehend

12. Reachverb

    to overreach; to deceive

13. Reachverb

    to stretch out the hand

14. Reachverb

    to strain after something; to make efforts

15. Reachverb

    to extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something

16. Reachverb

    to sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam

17. Reachnoun

    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

18. Reachnoun

    the power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity

19. Reachnoun

    extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope

20. Reachnoun

    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

21. Reachnoun

    an artifice to obtain an advantage

22. Reachnoun

    the pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon

23. Etymology: [OE. rechen, AS. rcan, rcean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. rce powerful, rich, E. rich. 115.]

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1. Reach

   "Reach" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as a single in 1996. Co-written with Diane Warren and taken from the official Atlanta 96 album Rhythm of the Games, it later featured on Destiny, which is Estefan's seventh studio album.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reach

   rēch, v.t. to stretch or extend: to attain or obtain by stretching out the hand: to hand over: to extend to: to arrive at: to get at: to gain.—v.i. to be extended: to mount up in quantity or number: to stretch out the hand: to try to obtain: to arrive.—n. act or power of reaching: extent of stretch: extent of force: penetration: artifice: contrivance: a straight portion of a stream between bends: (naut.) the distance traversed between tacks.—adj Reach′able, within reach.—ns. Reach′er, one who reaches; Reach′ing-post, in rope-making, a post fixed at the lower end of a rope-walk.—adjs Reach′less, unattainable; Reach′-me-down, ready-made.—Head reach, the distance to windward traversed by a vessel while tacking. [A.S. rǽcan; Ger. reichen, to reach.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reach

   A straight part of a navigable river; the distance between any two elbows on the banks, wherein the current flows in uninterrupted course.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REACH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Reach is ranked #20601 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Reach surname appeared 1,286 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Reach.
   
   85.8% or 1,104 total occurrences were White.
   9.1% or 118 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.4% or 32 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 23 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Arrive
   • Communicate
   • Limit
   • Motion
   • Push
   • Succeed
   • Transfer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Reach' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1517

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Reach' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2209

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Reach' in Nouns Frequency: #2166

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Reach' in Verbs Frequency: #96

Anagrams for Reach »

1. acher

2. chear

3. chare

4. arche

5. rache

6. chera

How to pronounce Reach?

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   Karen

   Australian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reach in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Reach in a Sentence

1. Anwar Gargash:

   Am I very positive about the reach out to Iran? Yes I am. Am I very positive that Iran will change its regional course? I have to say I am more realistic here, but I am betting Iran is also concerned about vacuum and escalation. we are all worried very much by a looming cold war. That is bad news for all of us, because the idea of choosing is problematic in the international system, and I think this is not going to be an easy ride.

2. Beau Biden:

   This is a man who has a great empathy. He is a man who understands that part of his Christianity is to reach out and to forgive, and so, I just find my relationship with him one that I personally take great solace in. He is a really, truly genuine decent man.

3. Jeff Katula:

   These apps and devices can save an extraordinary amount of time and make it much easier to follow a specific plan or reach daily step goals or calorie goals.

4. Amanda Gorman:

   We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man, and so we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us. We close the divide because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all.

5. Kyle Lowry:

   Theres no place for that, he had no reason to touch me. He had no reason to reach over two seats and then say some vulgar language to me. Theres no place for people like that in our league.

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