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UK
/ɹˈiːtʃ/
]
[ US /ˈɹitʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹitʃ/ ]
VERB
-
to extend as far as
Can he reach?
The chair must not touch the wall
The sunlight reached the wall -
to gain with effort
she achieved her goal despite setbacks -
to exert much effort or energy
straining our ears to hear -
place into the hands or custody of
He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
hand me the spoon, please
Turn the files over to me, please -
be in or establish communication with
Our advertisements reach millions
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia -
move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
Government reaches out to the people -
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
The thermometer hit 100 degrees -
reach a destination, either real or abstract
We barely made it to the finish line
We hit Detroit by noon
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
The water reached the doorstep -
reach a goal
make the first team
She may not make the grade
We made it!
NOUN
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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the limits within which something can be effective
range of motion
he was beyond the reach of their fire -
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
the ambit of municipal legislation
a piano has a greater range than the human voice
outside the reach of the law
within the compass of this article
in the political orbit of a world power
the range of a supersonic jet
within the scope of an investigation -
the limit of capability
within the compass of education
How To Use reach In A Sentence
- A boa made from black water mink is worth about 50 dollars, a collarette about $100,00 and a coat reaching down to the hips would cost about $250,00. Black Beaver The Trapper
- Clinton will fight for the American people, and Obama will sit in a racest church for another 20 years where The "rev" is preaching hate, racism, and black seperatism. Clinton: Put down the Blackberry at home
- Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
- The largest of these primitive ‘trees’ were giant lycopods reaching upwards of 20 meters, but most of the plants grew to less than a meter above the ground.
- Hillary's woman problem is that her reach among women over 30 I don't want to use the term older women is unlikely to change much. Hillary's Woman Problem Part II
- The best adequacy for EA was obtained by combinations of imipenem/cilastatin or piperacillin/tazobactam, amikacin and a glycopeptide, with values reaching 99% and 94%, respectively. BioMed Central - Latest articles
- As Appling reached down for the ball, it took a bad hop and caromed off his shoulder.
- Naa, Mr. Penrose, yo 'preachers talk abaat th' Cross, and it's o 'reet that yo' should; but yo 'cannot blame me for talkin' abaat my flute, con yo ', when it's bin my salvation? Lancashire Idylls (1898)
- Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music.
- Isn't there something revolting about catering to the imagined needs of a tiny group of spoiled ladies, a Marie Antoinette–ish situation that reached its apotheosis when John Galliano showed his infamous clochard collection—the word means bum or hobo in French, and the tattered gowns, hand-stenciled to look filthy, trailed pots, pans, and other refuse—at the 1997 Dior haute couture show? Art in the Parks 3: Nan Kempner's Clothing
