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Type Words
Synonyms reach out
Type of move
Derivation reaching


Government reaches out to the people.
Type Words
Synonyms reaching, stretch
Type of motion, movement, move, motility
Has types outreach
Type Words
Synonyms contact, get hold of, get through
Type of communicate, intercommunicate
Has types raise, ping


Our advertisements reach millions.
Type Words
Synonyms compass, grasp, range
Type of capability, potentiality, capableness
Has types ken, sight
Type Words
Synonyms range
Type of limit
Has types eyeshot, hearing, earreach, view, rifle shot, rifle range, earshot


he was beyond the reach of their fire.
Type Words
Synonyms ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope
Type of extent
Has types pallet, approximate range, purview, confines, palette, ballpark, contrast, horizon, internationalism, internationality, latitude, expanse, spectrum, sweep, gamut, view


outside the reach of the law.
Type Words
Synonyms get to, make, progress to
Type of achieve, accomplish, attain
Derivation reaching
Type Words
Synonyms attain, hit
Type of arrive, come, get
Has types max out, break even


This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour.
Type Words
Synonyms give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over
Type of transfer
Has types turn in, deliver, commit, deal, confide, sneak, slip, resign, render, relinquish, release, leave, intrust, fork over, trust, fork out, entrust, hand over, give up, give, free, fork up
Type Words
Synonyms extend to, touch
Type of be
Has types reach into


The sunlight reached the wall.
Can he reach?.
Type Words
Synonyms strain, strive
Type of push, labor, labour, tug, drive
Has types trouble oneself, inconvenience oneself, trouble, overexert oneself, bother, kill oneself, extend oneself
Type Words
Synonyms accomplish, achieve, attain
Type of succeed, win, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, come through
Has types wangle, score, culminate, make, compass, come to, progress to, average, manage, finagle, begin, get to, strike
Type Words
Synonyms arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make
Has types peak, access, bottom out, breast, catch up, come through, culminate, find, get at, get through, ground, make, run aground, scale, summit, surmount, top, top out
Verb group make


The water reached the doorstep.

Examples of reach

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Convenience is another reason we routinely reach for chicken at the supermarket.
From the tennessean.com
It took 300-game winners Don Sutton and Phil Niekro five tries to reach the HOF.
From the stltoday.com
It takes a muscled and conditioned heart to reach a mountain's summit in winter.
From the stltoday.com
The ball ricocheted off the Bulldog post and out of the reach of the goalkeeper.
From the stltoday.com
The Associated Press could not reach the couple before the school board meeting.
From the washingtontimes.com
Iraq's new oil minister said Tuesday that he expects oil to reach $120 a barrel.
From the sacbee.com
There's also a consumption tax, based on engine size, that can reach 40 percent.
From the businessweek.com
Drake hopes that it helps the team reach the top of the Pioneer Football League.
From the desmoinesregister.com
It's simply hard to reach the level they played against Duke two games in a row.
From the newsday.com
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  • Range: the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
  • Reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
  • Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
  • Scope: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach ...
  • The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
  • Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"
  • In the application of statistics to advertising and media analysis, reach refers to the total number of different people or households exposed, at least once, to a medium during a given period of time. ...
  • Reach is the 8th album from the rock band Survivor, released under Tower Records and the band's latest album in 18 years. Some of the material originates from a period from 1993 to 1996 when the band recorded demos for an unreleased album that can be heard on the Fire Makes Steel bootleg. ...
  • The Reach are a villainous race of cybernetic insectoid aliens in the DC Comics universe. They are unintentionally responsible for the creation of the dynasty of super heroes known as the Blue Beetles.