Definitions for reaching
reach·ing

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1. reach, reaching, stretchnoun

   the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

2. arrival, reachingnoun

   accomplishment of an objective

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1. reachingnoun

   Sailing on a reach.

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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.

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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

How to say reaching in sign language?

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. Jimmy Connors:

   It feels very different to any other match I've ever won, because I never thought about anything, reaching 500 or 800, all those numbers didn't mean anything to me, but for some reason 1.000 means a lot because it's such a huge number. Just counting to 1,000 is going to take a while.

2. Mogens Lykketoft:

   We are far away from reaching the scale required, the trillions of dollars required in the next 15 years to make a decisive impact.

3. Tara McGowan:

   This isn't about matching Trump dollar-for-dollar online - this is about reaching voters where they are with the information they need to stay engaged, organized and mobilized to vote Trump out of office next November, democrats have been slow to evolve their strategies to meet the demand for online information. We are now ready to take the fight to Trump directly.

4. Russell Barnett:

   We are in Target, Kroger, Walmart and everything in between, we are reaching the masses where they shop.

5. Chelsea Higgs Wise:

   I do not think that the Terry McAuliffe campaign is doing the type of outreach that will make a real difference and reaching Black voters, particularly after 2020 with Covid and the uprisings.

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