Definitions for reaching
reach·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reach, reaching, stretchnoun

   the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

2. arrival, reachingnoun

   accomplishment of an objective

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reachingnoun

   Sailing on a reach.

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1. reaching

   Reaching refers to the act of stretching out an arm or a hand towards something in order to touch or grasp it. It can also mean arriving at a particular destination, conclusion, or achieving a certain objective, often after significant effort. Additionally, it can denote the extent or level of something.

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1. Reaching

   of Reach

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1. Reaching

   Reaching is the third and last studio album by the American Christian duo LaRue formed by the siblings Natalie LaRue and Phillip LaRue, released on October 8, 2002 on CD.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reaching

   Sometimes used for standing off and on: a vessel is also said to be on a reach, when she is sailing by the wind upon any tack. A vessel also reaches ahead of her adversary.

Matched Categories

1. • Motion

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reaching' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3285

Anagrams for reaching »

1. in charge

How to pronounce reaching?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reaching in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reaching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of reaching in a Sentence

1. Marlon Anderson:

   Thank you to the 1,000 plus students for allowing your voices to be heard and to all the people from across the globe for reaching out to my family.

2. Lauren Almeida:

   Immediately my stomach sank and I had a feeling that someone was wrong, in the almost seven years that I have worked for Jennifer, I never ever had a hard time reaching her and never had an issue with her phone being off.

3. Ralph Hall:

   When I first came to Washington, there was a stronger sense of camaraderie and teamwork, there's less reaching across the aisle in today's Congress, even between Republicans and Democrats of the same state.

4. Peter Fearnhead:

   It is also an initiative that bodes well for the reintroduction of rhino into Akagera which will establish the park as a Big Five destination with far-reaching, tourism benefits.

5. Stephen Harper:

   You should be under no doubt that the government will balance its budget next year. We are well within that range. Even with dramatically lower oil prices, we will balance the budget, the only question will be how much flexibility we have in the short term. This will obviously reduce some of our fiscal flexibility but it will not by any means stop us from reaching a balance and at the same time...making the important investments we've made....

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reaching
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reaching
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reaching
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=reaching
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=reaching