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Reaching   /rˈitʃɪŋ/   Listen
Reaching

noun
1.
The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.  Synonyms: reach, stretch.
2.
Accomplishment of an objective.  Synonym: arrival.



Reach

verb
(past & past part. reached, obs. raught; pres. part. reaching)
1.
Reach a destination, either real or abstract.  Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make.  "The water reached the doorstep" , "We barely made it to the finish line" , "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
2.
Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.  Synonyms: attain, hit.  "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
3.
Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense.  Synonym: reach out.
4.
Be in or establish communication with.  Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through.  "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
5.
To gain with effort.  Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain.
6.
To extend as far as.  Synonyms: extend to, touch.  "Can he reach?" , "The chair must not touch the wall"
7.
Reach a goal, e.g.,.  Synonyms: get to, make, progress to.  "We made it!" , "She may not make the grade"
8.
Place into the hands or custody of.  Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over.  "Turn the files over to me, please" , "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
9.
To exert much effort or energy.  Synonyms: strain, strive.



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"Reaching" Quotes from Famous Books



... sober use, as making the outside of human life superficially attractive, and thereby promoting the first steps towards friendship and social amity. But what precise place could there be for Verus and his peculiar charm, [197] in that Wisdom, that Order of divine Reason "reaching from end to end, strongly and sweetly disposing all things," from the vision of which Aurelius came down, so tolerant of persons like him? Into such vision Marius too was certainly well-fitted to enter, yet, noting the actual ...
— Marius the Epicurean, Volume One • Walter Horatio Pater

... was desirous of reaching Edinburgh the following day, he had, in spite of the urgent remonstrances of his friendly host and the elegant importunities of his lady, ordered the carriage at an early hour; and Mary was too eager to quit Howffend to keep it waiting. Mr. Gawffaw was in readiness to hand ...
— Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

... make a tremendous tumult," he said to young Lennox, "but their bullets are not reaching us. We're not to be shaken by ...
— The Lords of the Wild - A Story of the Old New York Border • Joseph A. Altsheler

... streets in the direction of Bulak, where he arrived when day broke and all creatures arose, attesting the unity of Allah the Opener and went forth each of them upon his several business, to win that which Allah had unto him allotted. Reaching Bulak he walked on along the riverbank till he sighted a ship with her gangway out and her four anchors made fast to the land. The folk were going up into her and coming down from her, and Nur al-Din, seeing some sailors there standing, asked them whither they were bound, and they answered, "To Rosetta-city." ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton

... How all-inclusive, all-comprehensive, far-reaching is the death of Christ in its effects! Not a few, but many shall be saved. He gave his life a ransom for many. God's purposes in the atonement shall not be frustrated. Christ shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied. Many shall come from the north, the south, ...
— The Great Doctrines of the Bible • Rev. William Evans


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