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Reach Meaning, Examples & Common Usage (3 meaning)

Meaning 1：arrive at (reach)

reach 🔊

/riːtʃ/

To arrive at a place after travelling.

arrive at 🔊

➕

/əˈraɪv æt/

To successfully get to a destination after moving from another location.

📁 Category：Transportation & Travel 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'rǣcan' meaning 'to stretch out, extend'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a person 'reaching' out their arm to touch a finish line.

📖 Example

After a long drive, we finally reached the small coastal town just before sunset. 🔊 After a long drive, we finally reached the small coastal town just before sunset.

🔗 Collocations

reach a destination – to arrive at a specified place after traveling

reach the airport – to get to the airport

reach home – to arrive at one's home

🔄 Synonyms

arrive (v.) – to reach a destination; to come to a place

get to (phrasal verb) – to arrive at a place, often after some effort

make it (phrasal verb) – to succeed in reaching a place in time

🚫 Antonyms

leave (v.) – to go away from a place

depart (v.) – to leave a place, especially to start a journey

🌱 Derivatives

reachable (adj.) – able to be reached or arrived at

unreachable (adj.) – not able to be reached

📖 Cultural Story

Reach originates from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, meaning 'to stretch out'. It has been used since Old English times, with the sense 'to arrive at' appearing by the 14th century.

Meaning 2：achieve (reach)

reach 🔊

/riːtʃ/

To achieve a goal, level, or number.

achieve 🔊

➕

/əˈtʃiːv/

To successfully accomplish a desired objective, quantity, or standard.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Our online course has reached over ten thousand students from all around the world. 🔊 Our online course has reached over ten thousand students from all around the world.

🔗 Collocations

reach a goal – to achieve a desired objective

reach a target – to achieve a specified number or amount

reach an agreement – to come to a mutual understanding or decision

🔄 Synonyms

achieve (v.) – to successfully reach a goal or result

attain (v.) – to achieve something after effort

accomplish (v.) – to succeed in doing or completing something

🚫 Antonyms

fail (v.) – to be unsuccessful in achieving a goal

miss (v.) – to fail to reach or achieve something

Meaning 3：stretch for (reach)

reach 🔊

/riːtʃ/

To stretch out your arm or hand to touch or take something.

stretch for 🔊

➕

/strɛtʃ fɔːr/

To extend an arm or hand in order to touch, grasp, or retrieve something within or just beyond one's normal range.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Elementary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Can you reach the salt on the top shelf for me? I'm not tall enough. 🔊 Can you reach the salt on the top shelf for me? I'm not tall enough.

🔗 Collocations

reach for something – to stretch out one's hand to get something

reach out – to extend one's arm or hand, often to offer help or connection

reach over – to stretch across an area to get something

🔄 Synonyms

stretch (v.) – to extend one's arm or body to reach something

extend (v.) – to straighten or stretch out a limb

grasp (v.) – to seize and hold something with the hand

🚫 Antonyms

release (v.) – to let go of something held

let go (phrasal verb) – to release one's grasp

🌱 Derivatives

reachable (adj.) – able to be reached physically

unreachable (adj.) – not able to be reached or touched