1. Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
   "Government reaches out to the people";
   - reach out
    
2. Be at the destination after some time, either real or abstract
   "The water reached the doorstep";
   - make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
    
3. Get to a certain state, level, or point in time
   "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour";
   - hit, attain
    
4. Reach a goal
   "reach the first team";
   - make, get to, progress to
    
5. To extend as far as
   "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?";
   - extend to, touch
    
6. Be in or establish communication with
   "Our advertisements reach millions";
   - get through, get hold of, contact
    
7. To gain with effort
   "she reached her goal despite setbacks";
   - achieve, accomplish, attain
    
8. Place into the hands or custody of
   "Please reach me that book";
   - pass, hand, pass on, turn over, give
    
9. To exert much effort or energy
   "She had to reach deep to finish the marathon";
   - strive, strain

1. The limits within which something can be effective
   "he was beyond the reach of their fire";
   - range
    
2. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
   "outside the reach of the law";
   - scope, range, orbit, compass, ambit
    
3. The limit of capability
   "within the reach of education";
   - compass, range, grasp
    
4. The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
   "The child's reach for the cookie jar was thwarted by his mother";
   - reaching, stretch
    
5. A straight portion of a stream or river; an extended area of land or water
   "We fished in the upper reach of the river"

Derived forms: reached, reaches, reaching

See also: pass along, pass on, reach out, relegate, run

Type of: act, arrive, be, bring home the bacon [informal], capability, capableness, come, come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], communicate, deliver the goods, drive, extent, get, intercommunicate, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], limit, motility, motion, move, movement, plough [Brit], plough on [Brit], plow [US], plow on [US], potentiality, push, succeed, sweat, transfer, tug, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

Encyclopedia: Reach, Ontario