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ALL meanings of reach

reach
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  • verb reach If you can reach something, you are able to touch it by stretching out your arm or leg. 0
  • verb reach If you try to reach someone, you try to contact them, usually by telephone. 0
  • verb reach If something reaches a place, point, or level, it extends as far as that place, point, or level. 0
  • verb reach When people reach an agreement or a decision, they succeed in achieving it. 0
  • uncountable noun reach Someone's or something's reach is the distance or limit to which they can stretch, extend, or travel. 0
  • uncountable noun reach If a place or thing is within reach, it is possible to have it or get to it. If it is out of reach, it is not possible to have it or get to it. 0
  • verb reach to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action 0
  • verb reach to extend as far as (a point or place) 0
  • verb reach to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation) 0
  • verb reach to extend in influence or operation 0
  • verb reach to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand 0
  • verb reach to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch 0
  • verb reach to strive or yearn 0
  • verb reach to make contact or communication with (someone) 0
  • verb reach to strike, esp in fencing or boxing 0
  • verb reach to amount to (a certain sum) 0
  • verb reach to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam 0
  • noun reach the act of reaching 0
  • noun reach the extent or distance of reaching 0
  • noun reach the range of influence, power, jurisdiction, etc 0
  • noun reach an open stretch of water, esp on a river 0
  • noun reach the direction or distance sailed by a vessel on one tack 0
  • noun reach a bar on the rear axle of a vehicle connecting it with some part at the front end 0
  • noun reach the percentage of the population selecting a broadcast programme or channel for more than a specified time during a day or week 0
  • noun reach the proportion of a market that an advertiser hopes to reach at least once in a campaign 0
  • verb transitive reach to thrust out or extend (the hand, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive reach to extend to, or touch, by thrusting out, throwing something, etc. 0
  • verb transitive reach to obtain and hand over 0
  • verb transitive reach to go as far as; attain 0
  • verb transitive reach to carry as far as; penetrate to 0
  • verb transitive reach to add up to; come to 0
  • verb transitive reach to have influence on; affect; impress 0
  • verb transitive reach to get in touch with, as by telephone 0
  • intransitive verb reach to thrust out the hand, foot, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb reach to stretch, or be extended, in amount, influence, space, time, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb reach to be added; amount (with to or into) 0
  • intransitive verb reach to carry; penetrate, as sight, sound, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb reach to try to obtain something; make an attempt 0
  • intransitive verb reach to try too hard to make a point, joke, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb reach to sail on a reach 0
  • noun reach the act of stretching or thrusting out 0
  • noun reach the power of stretching, obtaining, etc. 0
  • noun reach the distance or extent covered in stretching, obtaining, influencing, etc. 0
  • noun reach a continuous, uninterrupted extent or stretch, esp. of water 0
  • noun reach a pole joining the rear axle to the forward part of a wagon 0
  • noun reach a tack sailed with the wind coming more or less from abeam 0
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