Definizione monolingua

reach

reach (third-person singular simple present reaches, present participle reaching, simple past and past participle reached or raught (archaic))

1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

   He reached for a weapon that was on the table.

   He reached for his shoe with his legs.

2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.

   The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes.

   I cant quite reach the pepper, could you pass it to me?

4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.
7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

   In 3 years, he reached the position of manager.

8. To understand; to comprehend.

   I didnt reach what he was trying to tell me.

9. To stretch out the hand.
10. To strain after something; to make efforts.

    Reach for your dreams.

11. (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 4:

      The Thembu tribe reaches back for twenty generations to King Zwide.

reach (plural reaches)

1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown.

   The fruit is beyond my reach.

   to be within reach of cannon shot

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI

     ...and we have learned not to fire at any of the dinosaurs unless we can keep out of their reach for at least two minutes after hitting them in the brain or spine, or five minutes after puncturing their hearts--it takes them so long to die.

2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
4. (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

   To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.

5. (boxing) The distance a boxers arm can extend to land a blow.
6. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
7. (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel.

Definizione dizionario reach

	giungere
	Raggiungere una destinazione.
	To come to a destination.

	arrivare
	Raggiungere una destinazione.
	To come to a destination.

	allungare
	to extend, to thrust out
	to deliver by stretching out, to hand over

	portata
	In senso figurato, l'estensione o la rilevanza di un fenomeno.

	raggiungere
	to deliver by stretching out, to hand over
	to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch

	stendere
	to extend, to thrust out
	to deliver by stretching out, to hand over

colpire

riuscire

succedere

	prendere
	to hit with an arrow, a bullet etc.

acquisire

afferrare

attingere

bastare

campo

conseguire

distanza

distesa

estendersi

estensione

guadagnare

imbroccare

ingrandire

ottenere

passare

pervenire

recuperare

soddisfare

toccare

tratto

uscire

vincere

Altri significati:

to extend an action, effort, or influence to

To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand.

Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.

Catching up with someone that went ahead.

The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

power of stretching out or extending action

reach (a certain number)

to arrive at

To strain after something; to make efforts.

act of stretching or extending; extension

to understand; to comprehend

to touch by virtue of extent

To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

(nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel.

to extend in dimension, time or action, so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something

To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

The number of unique users who perform a specific action, such as clicking on a specific ad.

The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown.

To exert much effort or energy.

To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.

(boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.

The limit of capability.

To stretch out the hand.

boxing: distance a boxer's arm can extend

arrive at (e.g. a decision)

An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.

Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.

To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.

extent; stretch; expanse

(intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).

(informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.

to stretch out the hand

To understand; to comprehend.