reach
reach a destination, either real or abstract
How often you will meet it
Rank 890 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 20,680 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- reach a destination, either real or abstract also: make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain We hit Detroit by noonThe water reached the doorstep
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level also: hit, attain The thermometer hit 100 degreesThis car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense also: reach out Government reaches out to the people
- be in or establish communication with also: get through, get hold of, contact Our advertisements reach millionsHe never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
- to gain with effort also: achieve, accomplish, attain she achieved her goal despite setbacks
- to extend as far as also: extend to, touch The sunlight reached the wallCan he reach?
reach in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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We gave it up, and decided to let her continue to reach.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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The men might chop through to 9 and reach the other shaft and be saved.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Tendency to reach for his boot-straps, as if with the view of lifting himself by the same.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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I faltered along, hoping to reach a second one, without knowing why I had dragged my limbs from the first.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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He was impatient to reach the Cedars where he might learn all that Howells hadn't told him about his grandfather's death.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1