Reach (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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)
  1. to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.
  2. to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.
  3. to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: to reach for a weapon.
  4. to extend in operation or effect: power that reaches throughout the land.
  5. to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: a coat reaching to the knee;a tower reaching to the skies.
  6. to extend or continue in time.
  7. to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often followed by to).
  8. to amount (often followed by to): sums reaching to a considerable total.
  9. to penetrate: Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.
  10. 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.
  11. Nautical.
    • to sail on a reach.
    • to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.
noun
  1. an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
  2. the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of his voice.
  3. range of effective action, power, or capacity.
  4. a continuous stretch or extent of something: a reach of woodland.
  5. a level portion of a canal, between locks.
  6. 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 ).
  7. the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.
  8. a straight portion of a river between two bends.
verb
  1. to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action
  2. to extend as far as (a point or place)
  3. to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation)
  4. to extend in influence or operation
  5. to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand
  6. to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch
  7. to strive or yearn
  8. to make contact or communication with (someone)
  9. to strike, esp in fencing or boxing
  10. to amount to (a certain sum)
  11. to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam
noun
  1. the act of reaching
  2. the extent or distance of reaching
  3. the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc
  4. an open stretch of water, esp on a river
  5. the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack
  6. a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end
  7. the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week
  8. the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign
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