reach
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- noun
- /riːtʃ/
:
alcance
- That book is always just out of my reach on the top shelf.
- sit-and-reach test
- functional reach test
- reach test
Examples
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Like a reward waiting for you, just within arm's reach.
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The world swells and sways just beyond reach, yet also overwhelming, untrustworthy, distorting, and distorted.
Academic text (1997) -
That is in arm's reach of me every day.
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Some of these items are already within reach, while others offer a more significant challenge.
Academic text (2017) -
That victory is within your reach.
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It's just out of my reach.
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We presented the items within the reach of the children during both assessments.
Academic text (1997) -
The forbidden fruit is finally in reach.
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You're at the center of everything alive, and greatness is right there within reach.
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The ship, at last within reach of the Jovian gravity, sidled over to meet it.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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An act of reaching with a body part or moving to become more flexible
Stretching out a hand or arm toward something
Idioms
- Formal
To fall to the lowest point in a situation, for example in money or confidence
Compounds
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Reach comes from an old English verb ræcan meaning 'to stretch out', and the noun names that action. So a person's reach is the stretch of their arm when they touch or grab something.