From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).
Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The act of stretching or extending; extension.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
[…] 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. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VI, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
The fruit is beyond my reach.
You like to hear about gold.
A king filled his prison room
As full as the room could hold
To the top of his reach on the wall
With every known shape of the stuff. 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
to be within reach of cannon shot
(countable, uncountable) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
While points measure the number of times the average person in a group sees an ad, reach measures the percentage of people in a group that see an ad at least once. Increasing the reach of an ad becomes increasingly expensive as you go along (for the mathematically inclined, it is an exponential function). 1999, Evan J. Mandery, The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messenger, Al Sharpton, and the Race to be Mayor of New York City:
And on the left hand, hell, / With long reach, interposed. 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
I am to pray you not to strain my speech / To grosser issues, nor to larger reach / Than to suspicion. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
(countable, informal, uncountable) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.
(countable, uncountable) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
(countable, uncountable) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
(countable, uncountable) The distance traversed between tacks.
(countable, uncountable) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in the narrowing defiles. 1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449:
The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. 1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part II, page 483:
The river's wooded reach. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “(please specify |part=Prologue or Epilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
the gulfe Iasius, and all the coast thereof is very full of creekes and reaches. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
December 2011, Dan Houston, Sailing a classic yacht on the Thames, Classic Boat Magazine
Close-hauled past flats at Island Gardens opposite the old Royal Naval College at Greenwich we’d been making more than seven knots over the ground and we came close enough to touch the wall. It had felt like roller-blading – long lee-bowed boards down the reaches of this historic river. They have such great names: Bugsby’s Reach, Gallions [Reach], Fiddler’s [Reach] or the evocative Lower Hope [Reach].
(countable, uncountable) A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
(countable, uncountable) An extended portion or area of land or water.
Lower down, in a little reach of the lagoon there grew a clump of casuarinas, those timid isolates that withdraw from other trees, selecting their own privacy, which is for ever whispering secrets up in their feathery fronds, set in motion by the slightest breeze. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 134:
2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
Through eerie reach of ancient woods / Where lumbering mists arise / I journey for nines moons of the year / To where a land of legend lies
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An article to obtain an advantage.
The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own, under hand, to cross the design. a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
They leaped ahead just as Ruth came to the side of the long reach that connected the small pair of front wheels with the huge wheels in the rear. 1913, Alice B. Emerson, Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, Chapter 7:
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Translations (44)
hi पहुँच (extent; stretch; expanse) · ca abast (extent; stretch; expanse) · ca abast (power of stretching out or extending action) · fi ulottuvuus (act of stretching or extending; extension) · fr portée (extent; stretch; expanse) · fi kaukaa haettu (exaggeration) · fr allonge (boxing: distance a boxer's arm can extend) · fr atteinte (ability to reach or touch) · de Strecke (A level stretch of a watercourse) · es tramo (extended portion of land or water) · bg протягане (act of stretching or extending; extension) · pl rozciągłość (extent; stretch; expanse) · eo etendo (extent; stretch; expanse) · hi पहुंच (extent; stretch; expanse) · fi alue (extended portion of land or water) · it tratto (extended portion of land or water) · pl rozciągnięcie (act of stretching or extending; extension) · fi ulottuvuus (extent; stretch; expanse) · fr bief (A level stretch of a watercourse) · fi ulottuvuus (power of stretching out or extending action) · pl sięgnięcie (act of stretching or extending; extension) · bg пространство (extent; stretch; expanse) · et ulatus (extent; stretch; expanse) · nl pand (extended portion of land or water) · mi tai and whanga (extended portion of land or water) · ja リーチ (boxing: distance a boxer's arm can extend) · ca tram (extended portion of land or water) · fi avotuuli (nautical: point of sail) · pt alcance (power of stretching out or extending action) · mi tūtanga (A level stretch of a watercourse) · pl zasięg (ability to reach or touch) · ja 到達範囲 (act of stretching or extending; extension) · fi kantama (act of stretching or extending; extension) · fi ulottuvuus (boxing: distance a boxer's arm can extend) · bg преувеличение (exaggeration) · eo atingo (ability to reach or touch) · ca abast (ability to reach or touch) · bg галс (A straightish stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach) · es alcance (ability to reach or touch) · bg достигане (ability to reach or touch) · de Kanalhaltung (A level stretch of a watercourse) · cs dosah (ability to reach or touch) · ja 到達範囲 (power of stretching out or extending action) · bg протежение (extent; stretch; expanse)
From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).
Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.
Meanings
(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
He reached for a weapon that was on the table.
He reached for his shoe with his legs.
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
to reach someone a book
When Svend Fælling had promised to do so, saying that he thought himself strong and active enough for the encounter, the Troll reached him a heavy iron bar, and bade him show his strength on that. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 204:
(intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
(transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
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 can't quite reach the pepper. Could you pass it to me?”
to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear
(of a missile, transitive) To strike or touch.
His bullet reached its intended target.
(broadly, transitive) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
A few words, lovingly, encouragingly spoken failed to reach her heart. 1889, The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine, volume 1, page 119:
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
Patent filings for neural networks grew at a rate of 46 percent from 2013 to 2016, reaching 6,506, the study found. 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
his hand reaches the river
When the forest reaches the river, you will be able to rest.
Thy desire […] leads to no excess / That reaches blame. 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
On the trip out our car was full of railway workers, going out to work on the Lanchow-Sinkiang Railway which had already reached Yumen, China’s biggest oil field, and in 1960 will connect with the Soviet Union’s Turkestan-Siberia Railway; or to the Lanchow-Yinchuan section, which cuts through the Great Wall to reach Yinchuan, a major wool, hide and skin trading center in the Northwest. 1956 October, Grace Liu, “A Train Trip in China”, in New World Review, volume 24, number 10, New York: S.R.T. Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 1:
I am very Senſible, the beſt accounts of the Appearances of Nature (in any ſingle Inſtance hovv minute or ſimple ſoever) Humane Penetration can reach, comes infinitely ſhort of its reality, and internal Conſtitution; for vvho can ſearch out the Almighty, or his vvorks to Perfection. 1715, George Cheyne, “The Preface”, in Philosophical Principles of Religion: Natural and Revealed: […] Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion. Part I. […], 2nd edition, London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC:
But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
The climbers reached the top of the mountain after a gruelling ten-day hike.
After three years, he reached the position of manager.
(figuratively, transitive) To make contact with.
I tried to reach you all day.
(figuratively, transitive) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
Whether by design or driven by the force of circumstances, they have always directed their main effort toward gaining the support of this "elite," while the more conservative groups have acted, as regularly but unsuccessfully, on a more naive view of mass democracy and have usually vainly tried directly to reach and to persuade the individual voter. 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 418:
What will it take for me to reach him?
(India, Singapore, intransitive) To arrive at a particular destination.
The particulars that reach from Eastern Bengal require corroboration. 1907, George Clifford Whitworth, Indian English: An Examination of the Errors of Idiom made by Indians in Writing English, page 122:
In the event of your statement reaching later than 6th March, there will be chances of your requirement left and leading to difficulty of having to explain your excess or saving being as the case may be. 1975, India. Parliament. Public Accounts Committee, Epitome of the Reports of the Central Committee of Public Accounts from 1967-68 to 1970-71 (Fourth Lok Sabha) and of the Government Orders Thereon, page 144:
Once we reached, we parked our cars beneath the trees and started trekking up the hill after a brief round of introductions. 2012 April 26, Rakesh Chandrasekar, “Post Trek Mail II - Freshers Trek April 22nd Nagala West”, in The Chennai Trekking Club (Usenet):
When we reached at 7.30 a.m., we saw groups of men and women bracing themselves for the day's events by writing out posters or painting placards. 2009, Boria Majumdar, Nalin Mehta, India and the Olympics, page 218:
It should be noted that Hare Krishna Konar, an arch leftist, could not vote on the Bhupesh Gupta—S.K. Achaiya issue as he reached late. 1960, Gene Donald Overstreet, Marshall Windmiller, Communism in India, page 144:
I reached at the right time. 1958, India. Ministry of Education, A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi: English Version, page 33:
I suggest taking an earlier bus (say 6:00 p.m.), reaching at around midnight, then taking a taxi (might even be able to catch the last MRT) to Changi. 2004 February 18, Mr. Free Notes, “Getting bus from KL to Singapore leaving night, likely to be any delays in arrival?”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
(transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
You can only access the inheritance money when you reach the age of 25.
(obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
Do what, sir? I reach you not. 1612 January 5 (first performance, Gregorian calendar; published 1619), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “A King, and No King”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii:
To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
Reach for the stars!
Repetitious comments are other examples of introjects that we take on as if they were truths. These include: You're lazy; you're selfish; you'll never amount to anything; you have big dreams; don't you think you're reaching a bit; try something more attainable; you were never good in math; you're not quick on your feet; you're oblivious to the world around you. 2015, Janet S. Steinwedel, The Golden Key to Executive Coaching:
Reach for your dreams.
(intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
The Thembu tribe reaches back for twenty generations to King Zwide. 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 4:
To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
(Multicultural-London-English, slang) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
What time you reaching tomorrow?
If you're calling out at your homies to come over and hang out, you just simply say "reach." 2017 September 21, Kristina Ramcharran, “25 Toronto Slang Words You've Definitely Heard At Least Once”, in Narcity:
hi पहुँचना (to arrive at by effort) · mi rou (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · bg дости́гна (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · fi yltää (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · bg посягам (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · sv nå (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · da nå (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · pl sięgać (to extend, to thrust out) · uk досяга́ти (to touch by virtue of extent) · it raggiungere (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · sh dosezati (to extend, to thrust out) · fi saapua (to arrive at a particular destination) · pl dosięgnąć (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · de erreichen (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · bg пристигам (to arrive at a particular destination) · ro ajunge (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · de kommen an (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · ro întinde (to extend, to thrust out) · ru достава́ть (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · pt alcançar (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · ru протя́гивать (to stretch out the hand) · no rekke (to arrive at by effort) · pt compreender (to understand; to comprehend — see also understand, comprehend) · fi ojentaa (to stretch out the hand) · pl dotrzeć (to arrive at by effort) · bg дости́гна (to touch by virtue of extent) · cmn 到達 /到达 (to arrive at by effort) · zdj uhondra (to arrive at by effort) · ko 도착하다 (to arrive at by effort) · uk діста́вати (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · it prendere (to strike or touch with a missile) · ta போய்சேர் (to arrive at by effort) · hu elér (to arrive at by effort) · bg дости́гам (to touch by virtue of extent) · ro extinde (to extend, to thrust out) · sv nå (to arrive at by effort) · ml എത്തുക (to touch by virtue of extent) · ro alungi (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ro întinde (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ru тяну́ться (to extend, to thrust out) · nl bereiken (to arrive at by effort) · de drankommen (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · ceb abot (to extend in dimension, time or action, so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something) · la extendo (to extend, to thrust out) · cs sáhnout (to extend, to thrust out) · ja 到着する (to arrive at by effort) · tyv чедер (to arrive at by effort) · grc ἱκάνω (to arrive at by effort) · ms tiba (to arrive at by effort) · fi ylettää (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · ru доходи́ть (to arrive at by effort) · uk дої́хати (to arrive at by effort) · ar بَلَغَ (to extend, to thrust out) · ru дости́гнуть (to touch by virtue of extent) · ro atinge (to strike or touch with a missile) · bg протягам се (to extend in dimension, time or action, so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something) · ru доста́ть (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · pl docierać (to arrive at by effort) · ko 달하다 (to arrive at by effort) · fi lävistää (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · bg дости́гна (to arrive at by effort) · fi saavuttaa (to arrive at by effort) · fr atteindre (to strike or touch with a missile) · cs dojet (to arrive at by effort) · xal күрх (to arrive at by effort) · ja 達する (to arrive at by effort) · ja 伸ばす (to extend in dimension, time or action, so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something) · de erreichen (to arrive at by effort) · grc ἀφικνέομαι (to arrive at by effort) · fr atteindre (to touch by virtue of extent) · pt entender (to understand; to comprehend — see also understand, comprehend) · ru дожива́ть (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · ko 도달하다 (to arrive at by effort) · be дае́хаць (to arrive at by effort) · he שָׁט בְּרוּחַ צַד (nautical: to sail with the wind from abeam or from the side) · ca abastar (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · es llegar a (to arrive at by effort) · alt једер (to arrive at by effort) · ar بَلَغَ (to arrive at by effort) · fr atteindre (to arrive at by effort) · ru доста́ть (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · it raggiungere (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · de begreifen (to understand; to comprehend — see also understand, comprehend) · rup agiungu (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · it stendere (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to arrive at by effort) · it stendere (to extend, to thrust out) · fi yltää (to extend in dimension, time or action, so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something) · ml എത്തുക (to arrive at by effort) · nl bereiken (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · pt atingir (to strike or touch with a missile) · bg дости́гам (to arrive at by effort) · ia arrivar a (to arrive at by effort) · ro nimeri (to strike or touch with a missile) · uk доїжджа́ти (to arrive at by effort) · hsb dóńć (to arrive at by effort) · ro atinge (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · sv nå fram till (to arrive at by effort) · pt alcançar (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ja 伸ばす (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · cs dorazit (to arrive at by effort) · ru протяну́ть (to stretch out the hand) · eo atingi (to arrive at by effort) · fi tavoitella (to make contact with) · it raggiungere (to arrive at by effort) · fi täyttää (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · fr atteindre (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · sh doseći (to extend, to thrust out) · ja 達する (to understand; to comprehend — see also understand, comprehend) · es alcanzar (to touch by virtue of extent) · fi purjehtia avotuuleen (nautical: to sail with the wind from abeam or from the side) · az çatmaq (to arrive at by effort) · bg подавам (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ro lungi (to extend, to thrust out) · ja 心を動かす (figuratively: to connect with someone) · fi yrittää liikaa (to strain after something; to make efforts) · bg протягам (to stretch out the hand) · hu nyúl (to stretch out the hand) · ru достига́ть (to touch by virtue of extent) · bua хүрэхэ (to arrive at by effort) · km ឈោង (to extend, to thrust out) · el φτάνω (to arrive at by effort) · ja 伸ばす (to stretch out the hand) · fi yltää (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · bg дости́гам (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · bzj reech (to arrive at by effort) · fi ulottaa (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · pt alcançar (to arrive at by effort) · de reichen (to stretch out the hand) · ru дожи́ть (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · it allungare (to extend, to thrust out) · ro ajunge (to strike or touch with a missile) · it avvicinare (to arrive at by effort) · mn хүрэх (to arrive at by effort) · bg свързвам се (to make contact with) · fr tendre (to stretch out the hand) · de erreichen (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · zdj uwaswili (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · grc ὀρέγω (to extend, to thrust out) · pl sięgnąć (to extend, to thrust out) · pt atingir (to arrive at by effort) · fi tavoitella (to extend, to thrust out) · ga ionsaigh (to arrive at by effort) · es percanzar (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · hu odaér (to arrive at by effort) · fi ulottua (to touch by virtue of extent) · fi ylettyä (to touch by virtue of extent) · la teneo (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · de ausstrecken (to stretch out the hand) · txb yäm- (to arrive at by effort) · uga 𐎎𐎙𐎊 (to arrive at by effort) · de erreichen (to strike or touch with a missile) · sh dokučiti (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · hy տարածվել (to extend, to thrust out) · fi saavuttaa (to arrive at a particular destination) · tr ulaşmak (to arrive at by effort) · ta எட்டு (to extend, to thrust out) · fi käsittää (to understand; to comprehend — see also understand, comprehend) · es allegarse a (to arrive at by effort) · ja 到達する (to strike or touch with a missile) · tr uzatmak (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · de reichen (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · la pervenio (to arrive at by effort) · fr arriver à (to arrive at by effort) · be даязджа́ць (to arrive at by effort) · ja 伸ばす (to extend, to thrust out) · ja 達する (to touch by virtue of extent) · ja 達する (to strike or touch with a missile) · vi với (to extend, to thrust out) · fi saavuttaa (to touch by virtue of extent) · ru стреми́ться (to strain after something; to make efforts) · fr atteindre (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · es alcanzar (to arrive at by effort) · de greifen nach (to extend, to thrust out) · ru потяну́ться (to extend, to thrust out) · ro prelungi (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · cmn 抵達 /抵达 (to arrive at by effort) · ga sroich (to arrive at by effort) · bg дости́гна (to strike or touch with a missile) · tr erişmek (to arrive at by effort) · fi tavoittaa (to make contact with) · mi rere paepae (nautical: to sail with the wind from abeam or from the side) · da nå frem til (to arrive at by effort) · ja 到達する (to arrive at by effort) · vi với (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · lt pasiekti (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · fi kurottaa (to extend, to thrust out) · grc ἀφικνέομαι (to touch by virtue of extent) · ja 伝えおおせる (figuratively: to connect with someone) · fi tunkeutua (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · az yetmək (to arrive at by effort) · pt chegar (to arrive at by effort) · ru свя́зываться (to make contact with) · ru прибы́ть (to arrive at by effort) · yi גרייכן (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · da nå (to arrive at by effort) · ja 手渡す (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · es alcanzar (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · mi hītamo (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · fi tavoitella (to strain after something; to make efforts) · ja 達する (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · it allungare (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · fi osua (to strike or touch with a missile) · uk дійти́ (to arrive at by effort) · fi saavuttaa (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · be дайсці́ (to arrive at by effort) · fi saavuttaa (to extend an action, effort, or influence to) · ru прибыва́ть (to arrive at by effort) · ro ajunge (to arrive at by effort) · es alcanzar (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · mi hītamo (to extend, to thrust out) · az gəlib-çatmaq (to arrive at by effort) · ro alungi (to extend, to thrust out) · ru связа́ться (to make contact with) · fi ojentaa (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ceb abot (to stretch out the hand) · ru достава́ть (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · es tender (to stretch out the hand) · fr atteindre (to extend in dimension, time or action, so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something) · it contattare (to arrive at by effort) · pl dosięgać (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · ru дойти́ (to arrive at by effort) · cy cael at (to extend, to thrust out) · eu heldu (to arrive at a particular destination) · ro prelungi (to extend, to thrust out) · mi tapotu (to arrive at by effort) · bg стремя́ се (to strain after something; to make efforts) · ml എത്തുക (to extend, to thrust out) · ru дости́чь (to touch by virtue of extent) · izh tavata (to arrive at by effort) · fi saada yhteys (figuratively: to connect with someone) · fi ylettyä (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · qu hayway (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ta நீட்டு (to stretch out the hand) · izh päässä (to arrive at by effort) · de langen nach (to extend, to thrust out) · ja 到達する (to touch by virtue of extent) · bg прости́рам се (to extend, to thrust out) · be дахо́дзіць (to arrive at by effort) · de erreichen (to touch by virtue of extent) · es percanzar (to understand; to comprehend — see also understand, comprehend) · ceb abot (to extend, to thrust out) · ga sroich (to extend, to thrust out) · uk дохо́дити (to arrive at by effort) · oc abastar (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · fi yltää (to touch by virtue of extent) · ceb abot (to arrive at by effort) · pt alcançar (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · fi kurkottaa (to extend, to thrust out) · ro așterne (to give by stretching out, to hand over) · ceb abot (to obtain by stretching forth, to extend so as to touch) · de drankommen (to touch by virtue of extent) · ml എത്തുക (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · bg дости́гам (to strike or touch with a missile) · ml ആകുക (to continue living until, or up to, a certain age) · la apīscor (to strain after something; to make efforts)