🏆 Achieving something 🤲 Stretching out

reaching

3.1

The act of getting a goal you worked hard for

noun
/ˈriːtʃɪŋ/

: alcance

Eat well, stay on track reaching your goals.

My most consistent and greatest fear is dying without reaching my full potential.

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Examples

I was this close to reaching one of my goals.
Many people celebrate the feeling of reaching their personal milestones.
Never thought that I would be reaching these heights.
And we are reaching the end of this webinar.
At a time when the state is reaching deeper into people's pockets.
That's what heroes do, is they're focusing on reaching that point of triumph as well.
After months of hard work, she finally experienced the joy of reaching her fitness goals.
His dedication to reaching his academic objectives was clear in his study habits.

Synonyms

success

vsreaching

∞ 1.0

Getting what you want after working hard

refers to the act of attaining a particular goal rather than the resulting state

achievement

vsreaching

344 2.3

A success you reach after working hard

focuses on the act of achieving a particular objective rather than the result

accomplishment

vsreaching

184 3.4

A successful task or goal that you finish

highlights the action of attaining a specific goal rather than general success

fulfillment

vsreaching

58 3.6

A feeling of happiness and satisfaction when you achieve something important

is the action of attaining a goal without implying emotional reward

fruition

vsreaching

32 7.0

The successful end of a plan or project

means the act of achieving a goal without stressing satisfaction

arrival

vsreaching

23 2.3

A successful result after much effort that shows you reached a goal

focuses on achieving the goal as an action not as a movement image

attainment

vsreaching

9 4.7

Reaching a goal or level through effort

is about achieving a specific goal rather than a level or status

Antonyms

failure

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

abandonment

26 3.6

Leaving someone or something and not coming back

Idioms

Reaching Canossa

Literature

9.9

To ask for forgiveness in a public and often embarrassing way

How Complete

triumph

262 3.3

success

∞ 1.0

achievement

344 2.3

reaching

3.1

attainment

9 4.7

Surface Forms

reaching singular

reachings plural

Morphology

reaching = reach (transparent) = reach + ing

Derived by a regular gerund/nominalization from 'reach' meaning 'attain', so learners can infer 'reaching' as the act of attaining.

Etymology

Reaching comes from the old idea of stretching out and is the same root as reach, which meant 'to stretch out' or 'to extend'. So when we talk about the reaching of a goal, imagine stretching out and touching the goal — that is why it means achieving or attaining something.