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Reach

verb

(past & past part. reached, obs. raught; pres. part. reaching)

1.

Reach a destination, either real or abstract. Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make. "The water reached the doorstep" , "We barely made it to the finish line" , "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

2.

Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level. Synonyms: attain, hit. "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

3.

Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense. Synonym: reach out.

4.

Be in or establish communication with. Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through. "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

5.

To gain with effort. Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain.

6.

To extend as far as. Synonyms: extend to, touch. "Can he reach?" , "The chair must not touch the wall"

7.

Reach a goal, e.g.,. Synonyms: get to, make, progress to. "We made it!" , "She may not make the grade"

8.

Place into the hands or custody of. Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over. "Turn the files over to me, please" , "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

9.

To exert much effort or energy. Synonyms: strain, strive.

noun

1.

The limits within which something can be effective. Synonym: range. "He was beyond the reach of their fire"

2.

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope. "A piano has a greater range than the human voice" , "The ambit of municipal legislation" , "Within the compass of this article" , "Within the scope of an investigation" , "Outside the reach of the law" , "In the political orbit of a world power"

3.

The act of physically reaching or thrusting out. Synonyms: reaching, stretch.

4.

The limit of capability. Synonyms: compass, grasp, range.

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"Reach" Quotes from Famous Books

... professional literature, but rather with the letters of men who are not writers and with the speech of illiterate men of character. The great difference between them and Borrow is that their speech can rarely be represented in print except by another genius, and that their letters only now and then reach the level which Borrow continues at and often rises above. Yet he has something in common with such men—for example, in his feeling for Nature. In Spain, it is true, he gave way to declamatory descriptions ...

— George Borrow - The Man and His Books • Edward Thomas

... level. It cannot descend from above, nor from superior systems of being and knowledge. Truth of existence is truth of knowledge, and therefore reason searches after them in one of these scenes, where both are to be found together, and are within our reach; whilst imagination hopes fondly to find them in another, where both of them are to be found, but surely not by us. The notices we receive from without concerning the beings that surround us, and the ...

— Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr. Pope • Lord Bolingbroke

... among Friends. My spirit is oppressed and heavy laden, and shut up in prison. What am I to do? The only relief I experience is in writing letters and pieces for the peace and anti-slavery causes, and this makes me think that my influence is to reach beyond our own limits. My mind is fully made up not to spend next winter in Philadelphia, if I can help it. I feel strangely released, and am sure I know not what is to become of me. I am perfectly blind ...

— The Grimke Sisters - Sarah and Angelina Grimke: The First American Women Advocates of - Abolition and Woman's Rights • Catherine H. Birney

... without a word; or, if discovered and convicted, to apologize without a blush for the mistake! No, Jehu Tomkins, let me do you justice—this is not so easy—it requires all your zeal and holy intrepidity to reach this pitch of human frailty and corruption. With regard to the domestic position of my interesting friend, it is painful to add, that the less that is said about it the better. In vain was his name in full, painted in large yellow letters, over the shop ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII. • Various

... teased by Reuben's predecessor, always growled and showed his teeth when he went near him; and Reuben never dared venture within the length of his chain, but pushed the bowl containing his food just within his reach. ...

— A Final Reckoning - A Tale of Bush Life in Australia • G. A. Henty

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