reaches
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/ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪz/
English
Definitions
noun
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.“The fruit is beyond my reach.”
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
verb
- 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.”
- 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”
- To stretch out the hand.
- 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
- The extreme limits“If we look to the nether reaches of the list, we find some anomalies.”
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Synonyms
contactget hold ofget in touchreach outstretchstrivepass onachievearrive atpassattainaccomplishget throughgainscopetouchturn over