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. Mayor Duarte Junior:

   If Samarco does not reopen we will start to have a problem. ... We are reaching our limit, i ask the bodies responsible to analyze Samarco's case as a priority.

2. Chief Executive Rajarshi Banerjee:

   The chances of this boy reaching pensionable age are minuscule unless we do something about it, it's a sad indictment of the way we live.

3. Climate Bonds:

   Reaching $100 billion in green bond issuance for the third time and so early in the year is welcome. However, the global climate finance challenge is to reach a $1 trillion in annual green investment early in the 2020s.

4. James C Colvin:

   Any music comes from the inner mind and soul, reaching out to the unknown.

5. Chief Arradondo:

   I've been reaching out to community members, faith leaders and others.

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