to reach

Examples

• All

• Yeah, but how much success did you reach with that mentality?

• God, I just feel like I can really, like, reach my full potential here.

  Theater Camp (2023)

• Set a goal and when you reach it, stop.

• So you know, you will reach your limit at some point.

• Intelligence is the ability to reach goals and solve problems.

  The Diary Of A CEO

• It's there to keep you learning, thriving, and reaching your new goals.

• We can never take off and reach newer heights in our life.

• Are all environments equally good for helping all students reach their learning potential and future academic achievement?

  Academic text (2011)

• Thirteen-year-old Jordan Romero wanted to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

  Academic text (2011)

• After months of training, she was thrilled to finally reach her fitness goal.

Synonyms

M

to make

vsto reach

∞ 1.0

To reach a place or achieve a goal

is more general in describing arrival or attainment after effort

G

to get to

vsto reach

∞ 2.4

Reach a goal, place, or state after effort

is more general and covers places, states, and goals gained after effort

A

to arrive

vsto reach

∞ 1.0

To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey

is more general and also covers gaining non-physical states or levels

A

to achieve

vsto reach

∞ 2.3

To reach a goal by effort or skill

is wider and also applies to simple physical arrival or movement

C

to come to

vsto reach

∞ 3.1

Reach a decision or understanding

is broader and covers movement to places as well as conditions

A

to accomplish

vsto reach

942 2.6

To do something successfully after much effort

is broader and applies to arriving at conditions or levels as well

H

to hit

vsto reach

870 2.5

To reach a target or goal

is broader and includes moving to places and general goals too

A

to arrive at

vsto reach

320 2.1

Reach a place, for example a station, or come to a decision after thinking

is wider and also applies to gaining non-physical states or goals

A

to attain

vsto reach

110 3.9

To reach a level, place, or goal after hard work

is more general, applying to movement to places and to achieving states

P

to progress to

vsto reach

9 3.6

Move on to a higher level after getting better

focuses generally on arrival or achievement possibly without staged progress

Antonyms

F

to fail

898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

Idioms

O

out of reach

38 4.0

Too far or too expensive for most people to get

W

within reach

20 2.8

Close enough to get by hand or to achieve with little effort

R

to reach for the stars

• Informal

4 4.9

To try to achieve very big goals

R

to reach for the sky

• Informal

3 7.1

To try to do very big or difficult things to get what you want

R

to reach a stalemate

1 6.2

Come to a situation where neither side can move forward or win

R

to reach a nadir

• Formal

8.2

To fall to the lowest point in a situation, for example in money or confidence

R

to reach Canossa

9.9

To accept that you were wrong and ask for forgiveness after being proud

Phrasal Verbs

R

to reach out

338 2.7

To contact someone to offer help or support

R

to reach out

73 2.7

To stretch a hand toward something to touch it

R

to reach into

63 2.7

To put your hand into something to take or feel something

R

to reach an agreement

35 3.0

Decide together after talking about the terms

R

to reach the summit

6 3.1

Get to the top of a mountain or the highest point in your career

R

to reach a consensus

5 3.5

A group of people agree about something after discussion

R

to reach a consensus

• Specialized

5.4

Computers in a network agree on the same data or system state

Compounds

R

reach-around

• Jargon

1 9.9

A secret unfair action to get help or advantage

How Successful

to triumph

60 3.4

to achieve

∞ 2.3

to reach

∞ 1.1

to miss

158 1.3

to fail

898 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology