reach

About 51.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

2. verb 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 someone a book

3. verb To stretch out the hand.
4. verb 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.

   to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear

5. verb To strike or touch.

   His bullet reached its intended target.

6. verb To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
7. verb To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.

   his hand reaches the river

8. verb To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.

   After three years, he reached the position of manager.

Similar words

reach out stretch strive get hold of pass on achieve arrive at pass attain accomplish

Often followed by

the of a out their an it for its

Word family

reachable reached reacher reachers reaches reaching