REACH

WORD: REACH

MEANING:
1. (tr) to arrive at or get to (a place, person, etc) in the course of movement or action: to reach the office.
2. to extend as far as (a point or place): to reach the ceiling; can you reach?.
3. (tr) to come to (a certain condition, stage, or situation): to reach the point of starvation.
4. (intr) to extend in influence or operation: the Roman conquest reached throughout England.
5. (tr) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand: to reach someone a book.
6. (intr; foll by out, for, or after) to make a movement (towards), as if to grasp or touch: to reach for something on a shelf.
7. (intr; foll by for or after) to strive or yearn: to reach for the impossible.
8. (tr) to make contact or communication with (someone): we tried to reach him all day.
9. (General Sporting Terms) (tr) to strike, esp in fencing or boxing
10. (tr) to amount to (a certain sum): to reach the five million mark.
11. (Nautical Terms) nautical (intr) to sail on a tack with the wind on or near abeam


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Could you reach(me)that suitcase(down) from the top of the wardrobe.
2. The rice bag is out of my reach.
3. That job is within my reach.
4. That distance is reachable by road within an hour.

PRONOUNCE:
reach - रीच

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