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verb (used with object)
1.
to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
2.
to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: Your letter never reached me.
3.
to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.: to reach a book on a high shelf.
4.
to stretch or hold out; extend: reaching out a hand in greeting.
5.
to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet: The bookcase reaches the ceiling.
6.
to establish communication with: I called but couldn't reach you.
7.
to amount to, as in the sum or total: The cost will reach millions.
8.
to penetrate to: distant stars the eye cannot reach.
9.
to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile: The artillery fire reached the shore.
10.
to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.: a program that reached a large teenage audience.
verb (used without object)
11.
to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.
12.
to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.
13.
to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: to reach for a weapon.
14.
to extend in operation or effect: power that reaches throughout the land.
15.
to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: a coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.
16.
to extend or continue in time.
17.
to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to ).
18.
to amount (often followed by to ): sums reaching to a considerable total.
19.
to penetrate: Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.
20.
to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily: I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.
21.
Nautical.
a.
to sail on a reach.
b.
to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.
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noun
22.
an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
23.
the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of his voice.
24.
range of effective action, power, or capacity.
25.
a continuous stretch or extent of something: a reach of woodland.
26.
Also called pound. a level portion of a canal, between locks.
27.
Nautical. a point of sailing in which the wind is within a few points of the beam, either forward of the beam (close reach) directly abeam (beam reach) or abaft the beam (broad reach)
28.
the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.
29.
a straight portion of a river between two bends.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English rechen, Old English rǣcan (cognate with German reichen, Dutch reiken); (noun) derivative of the v.
before 900; (v.) Middle English rechen, Old English rǣcan (cognate with German reichen, Dutch reiken); (noun) derivative of the v.
Related forms
reach·a·ble, adjective
reach·a·bil·i·ty, noun
reach·er, noun
un·reach·a·ble, adjective
un·reached, adjective
Synonyms
1. attain. 24. area, sphere, scope.
1. attain. 24. area, sphere, scope.
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reach (riːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action: to reach the office |
| 2. | to extend as far as (a point or place): to reach the ceiling; can you reach? |
| 3. | (tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation): to reach the point of starvation |
| 4. | (intr) to extend in influence or operation: the Roman conquest reached throughout England |
| 5. | informal (tr) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand: to reach someone a book |
| 6. | (intr |
| 7. | (intr |
| 8. | (tr) to make contact or communication with (someone): we tried to reach him all day |
| 9. | (tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing |
| 10. | (tr) to amount to (a certain sum): to reach the five million mark |
| 11. | (intr) nautical to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam |
| —n | |
| 12. | the act of reaching |
| 13. | the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of safety; beyond her reach |
| 14. | the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc |
| 15. | an open stretch of water, esp on a river |
| 16. | nautical the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack |
| 17. | a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end |
| 18. | television, radio the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week |
| 19. | marketing the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign |
| [Old English rǣcan; related to Old Frisian rēka, Old High German reihhen] | |
| 'reachable | |
| —adj | |
| 'reacher | |
| —n | |
| reach (riːtʃ) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action: to reach the office |
| 2. | to extend as far as (a point or place): to reach the ceiling; can you reach? |
| 3. | (tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation): to reach the point of starvation |
| 4. | (intr) to extend in influence or operation: the Roman conquest reached throughout England |
| 5. | informal (tr) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand: to reach someone a book |
| 6. | (intr |
| 7. | (intr |
| 8. | (tr) to make contact or communication with (someone): we tried to reach him all day |
| 9. | (tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing |
| 10. | (tr) to amount to (a certain sum): to reach the five million mark |
| 11. | (intr) nautical to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam |
| —n | |
| 12. | the act of reaching |
| 13. | the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of safety; beyond her reach |
| 14. | the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc |
| 15. | an open stretch of water, esp on a river |
| 16. | nautical the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack |
| 17. | a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end |
| 18. | television, radio the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week |
| 19. | marketing the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign |
| [Old English rǣcan; related to Old Frisian rēka, Old High German reihhen] | |
| 'reachable | |
| —adj | |
| 'reacher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
reach
O.E. ræcan "to extend, hold forth," also "to succeed in touching," from W.Gmc. *raikjan "stretch out the hand" (cf. O.Fris. reka, M.Du. reiken), from P.Gmc. *raikijanau, perhaps from PIE base *reig- "to stretch out" (cf. Skt. rjyati "he stretches himself," riag "torture" (by racking); Gk. oregein
"to reach, extend;" Lith. raizius "to stretch oneself;" O.Ir. rigim "I stretch"), related to base *reg- "to rule, to lead straight, to put right" (see regal). Shakespeare uses the now-obsolete past tense form raught (O.E. ræhte). Meaning "arrive at" is early 14c.; that of "succeed in influencing" is from 1660s. The noun is first recorded 1520s; earliest use is of stretches of water. Reach-me-down "ready-made" (of clothes) is recorded from 1862, from notion of being on the rack in a finished state.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
As the ranks are cleared, the next lowest rank becomes reachable.
What they experience amounts to an objectification of their own life, a little sweetened by reachable enhancements.
Reachable only by a ladder and rope, this resembles nothing so much as a tree-house with sewing-machines.
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