Antonyms for reach
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : reech |
| Phonetic Transcription : ritʃ |
Definition of reach
Origin :- Old English ræcan, reccan "reach out, stretch out, extend, hold forth," also "succeed in touching, succeed in striking; address, speak to," also "offer, present, give, grant," from West Germanic *raikjan "stretch out the hand" (cf. Old Frisian reka, Middle Dutch reiken, Dutch reiken, Old High German and German reichen), from Proto-Germanic *raikijanau, perhaps from PIE root *reig- "to stretch out" (cf. Sanskrit rjyati "he stretches himself," riag "torture" (by racking); Greek oregein "to reach, extend;" Lithuanian raižius "to stretch oneself;" Old Irish rigim "I stretch").
- Shakespeare uses the now-obsolete past tense form raught (Old English ræhte). Meaning "arrive at" is early 14c.; that of "succeed in influencing" is from 1660s. Related: Reached; reaching. Reach-me-down "ready-made" (of clothes) is recorded from 1862, from notion of being on the rack in a finished state.
- noun extent, range; stretch
- verb arrive at
- verb stretch to; touch
- verb attain; rise
- verb communicate with
- Her heart seemed not easy to reach; her impulses were not inflammable.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- When he set out he meant to reach the car and go back to town at once.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Hope to reach Israelite Bay to-morrow, as it is only sixteen miles distant.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I awaited the arrival of the party, which should reach here this morning.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- But as he was gone out of reach, no further inquiries were made after him.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- I hope to reach the Peake on Wednesday night, where we shall be able to get something to eat.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I determined to reach the mountains, if it were in any way possible.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- Were I to reach the sources of the Nile, I should expect to meet him there.
- Extract from : « Monsieur du Muroir (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- No person, no home, no community can be beyond the reach of this call.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- When she had thus put herself out of his reach, he felt ashamed.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
Synonyms for reach
- ability
- accomplish
- achieve
- affect
- ambit
- amount to
- approach
- arrive
- arrive at
- attain
- buck
- capacity
- carry to
- catch up to
- check in
- climb to
- clock in
- come
- come at
- come to
- come up to
- command
- compass
- contact
- continue to
- distance
- drop
- encompass
- end
- enter
- equal
- extend to
- extension
- fall
- feel for
- gain
- gain on
- gamut
- get
- get a hold of
- get as far as
- get hold of
- get in
- get in touch
- get through
- get to
- go
- go as far as
- go on
- go to
- grasp
- hand
- hit
- hit town
- hold out
- horizon
- influence
- join
- jurisdiction
- keep in contact
- keep in touch
- ken
- land
- latitude
- lead
- lunge
- magnitude
- maintain
- make
- make contact with
- make it
- make the scene
- mastery
- move
- orbit
- overtake
- pass
- pass along
- play
- power
- purview
- put out
- rack up
- radius
- realize
- ring in
- roll in
- roll on
- scope
- score
- seize
- shake hands
- shoot
- show
- show up
- sign in
- sink
- span
- spread
- stand
- strain
- strike
- sway
- sweep
- swing
- touch
- turn up
- win
- wind up at
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