reach
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3.0
- noun
- /riːtʃ/
:
alcance
- So are there things outside of the reach of science?
- extend the reach
- expand the reach
- wide reach
You're leaving a gun within arm's reach of a toddler.
- You're leaving a gun within arm's reach of a toddler.
- These companies, because of their reach, become their own governments.
- And then that's the man's reach should exceed his grasp.
- So are there things outside of the reach of science?
- No one else has anything close to our global reach or our globalist attitude.
- There is enough capital, but it would is beyond the reach of any living city.
- That's something that's outside the reach of string theory and physics.
- Yeah, but you can like it at arms reach, not too much of it.
Examples
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Recent developments to extend the reach of the course to an interdisciplinary student audience will also be discussed.
Academic text (2017) -
Despite its extended reach and appeal, the posture campaign remained focused on the nation's youth.
Academic text (2012) -
You have incredible reach for someone so short!
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These companies, because of their reach, become their own governments.
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And I need to remind you, you are still within reach of the powers of a normal society.
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These diseases are beyond the reach of digital computers.
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JODE enjoys international reach, and its article authors hail from the United States and abroad.
Academic text (2015) -
Second, globalization and microelectronics have greatly expanded the scale and the reach of market operations.
Academic text (2008) -
They had travelled from the far reaches of the kingdom to see the newborn baby.
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The new policy will increase the reach of our organization into underrepresented communities.
Synonyms
∞
2.9
The area or limits where something has an effect
685
2.3
How large or serious something is
215
4.6
The range that an activity or rule covers
46
6.0
The range of what someone or something can do
24
6.0
The group of people and things that are part of someone's life or work
1
8.1
The area in which a law, report, or job has effect
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 that meant 'to stretch' and 'to get to', so it grew to mean how far something can affect or be done. That's why the reach of a policy or signal is the distance or power it has.