reach in English: To arrive at a place, or to stretch out your hand to touch something. (verb)

Translation

To arrive at a place, or to stretch out your hand to touch something.

Word origin

From Old English raecan, meaning to stretch out or extend the hand.

Origin: Old English
Root: raecan

Grammar

Verb typeregular (reach, reaches, reached)

Examples

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"Reach" means to arrive at the town.

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"Reaches" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Reached" is the past form of "reach".

"Reach" means to get to a place, or to stretch your arm out to touch or take something. You reach a town when you arrive, and you reach for a cup when you stretch your hand to it.

Related words

get

To receive or obtain something, or to become a certain way.

come

To move towards the person who is speaking, or to arrive at a place.

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

far

A long way from here, or a long way from another place.

find

To see or get something you were looking for or did not expect.

approach

To come closer to a person, a place or a time.

arrive

To get to a place at the end of a journey.

move

To move is to go from one place to another, or to put something in a new place.

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