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reaches

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/ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪz/ English

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noun

  1. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
  2. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.“The fruit is beyond my reach.”
  3. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
  4. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

verb

  1. To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).“He reached for a weapon that was on the table.”
  2. 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 reach one a book”
  3. To stretch out the hand.
  4. 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.“The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes.”

noun

  1. The extreme limits“If we look to the nether reaches of the list, we find some anomalies.”

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