reach
1. [ verb ] reach a destination, either real or abstract
Synonyms: hit arrive_at gain make attain
Examples:

"We hit Detroit by noon" "The water reached the doorstep" "We barely made the plane" "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

Related terms: catch_up access peak get_through make breast bottom_out scale find find top ground culminate top_out summit make attainment travel
2. [ verb ] reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
Synonyms: hit attain
Examples:

"The thermometer hit 100 degrees" "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

Related terms: arrive break_even max_out attainment
3. [ verb ] move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
Synonyms: reach_out
Examples:

: "Government reaches out to the people"

Related terms: move reach_out
4. [ verb ] be in communication with, establish communication with
Synonyms: contact get_hold_of get_through
Examples:

"Our advertisements reach millions" "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

Related terms: communicate raise ping ping liaison
5. [ verb ] to gain with effort
Synonyms: achieve attain accomplish
Examples:

: "she achieved her goal despite setbacks."

Related terms: succeed come_to wangle average culminate score compass begin achiever attainment
6. [ verb ] to extend as far as
Synonyms: extend_to touch
Examples:

"The sunlight reached the wall" "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

Related terms: be reach_into extend reach_into touch
7. [ verb ] reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
Synonyms: make get_to progress_to
Examples:

"We made it!" "She may not make the grade"

Related terms: achieve arrival
8. [ noun ] the limits within which something can be effective
Synonyms: range
Examples:

"range of motion" "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

Related terms: limit view earshot rifle_range
9. [ noun ] an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control
Synonyms: range scope compass orbit ambit
Examples:

: "the range of a supersonic jet" within the scope of an investigation" "outside the reach of the law" "in the political orbit of a world power"

Related terms: extent horizon sweep spectrum gamut palette confines approximate_range latitude contrast internationality compass
10. [ noun ] the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Synonyms: stretch reaching
Related terms: motion outreach stretch
11. [ verb ] place into the hands or custody of
Synonyms: hand pass give turn_over pass_on
Examples:

"hand me the spoon, please" "Turn the files over to me, please" "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

Related terms: transfer give release entrust hand_over entrust deal slip impart communicate hand_over give_away relegate pass_on hand_down hand passage
12. [ noun ] the limit of capability
Synonyms: range grasp compass
Examples:

"within the compass of education"

Related terms: capability sight range
13. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12536
14. [ verb ] to exert much effort or energy
Synonyms: strain strive
Examples:

: "straining our ears to hear."

Related terms: tug trouble_oneself extend_oneself overstrain kill_oneself strain
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