reach
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(noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
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Synonyms: reaching, stretch |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement, outreach |
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(verb) be in communication with, establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions" |
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Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through |
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Related Words: communicate, intercommunicate, raise |
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(verb) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense: "Government reaches out to the people" |
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Synonyms: reach out |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" |
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Synonyms: attain, hit |
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Related Words: arrive, break even, come, get |
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(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
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Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make |
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Related Words: access, bottom out, breast, catch up, come through, culminate, find, get at, get through, ground, make, peak, reach a peak, run aground, scale, surmount |
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(verb) reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!" "She may not make the grade" |
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Synonyms: get to, make, progress to |
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Related Words: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach |
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(verb) to extend as far as, "The sunlight reached the wall";"Can he reach?" |
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Synonyms: extend to, touch |
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Related Words: be, reach into |
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(verb) to exert much effort or energy: "straining our ears to hear." |
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Synonyms: strain, strive |
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Related Words: bother, drive, extend oneself, inconvenience oneself, kill oneself, labor, labour, overexert oneself, overstrain, push, trouble, trouble oneself, tug |
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(noun) the limits within which something can be effective; "he was beyond the range of their fire" |
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Synonyms: range |
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Related Words: earreach, earshot, eyeshot, hearing, limit, rifle range, rifle shot, view |
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(verb) place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
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Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over |
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Related Words: commit, confide, deal, deliver, entrust, free, get in, give, give up, hand over, intrust, leave, release, relinquish, render, slip, sneak, transfer, trust, turn in |
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(noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" |
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Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope |
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Related Words: confines, expanse, extent, gamut, horizon, internationalism, internationality, latitude, palette, pallet, purview, spectrum, sweep, view |
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(noun) the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" |
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Synonyms: compass, grasp, range |
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Related Words: capability, capableness, potentiality, sight |
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(verb) to gain with effort: "she achieved her goal despite setbacks." |
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Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain |
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Related Words: average, begin, come through, come to, compass, culminate, finagle, get to, make, manage, progress to, reach, score, strike, succeed, wangle |
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