reach
Meaning
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- To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- To stretch out the hand.
- To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- To strike or touch.
- To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- To make contact with.
- To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- To arrive at a particular destination.
- To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
- To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- (slang) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
Synonyms
Attin
extend to
catch up with
reach to
amount to
fly to
attain to
progress to
go as far as
cause to reach
stretch to
be accomplished
reach into
roll down
try to
become known
communicate with
develop into
escape from
extend as far as
find time
get through to
go get
go up to
happen to
make it to
move toward
stand on tiptoe
find one’s way
get close to
set ashore
be complete
fail to hit
reach up to
make anything a limit
stream segment
reach out towards
river reach
stream stretch
river stretch
channel segment
be next to
be successful
come near
go across
go near
move into
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹiːt͡ʃ/
Etymology
From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).
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