- reach
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 distance over which you can stretch, travel, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ long▪
Gorillas have a very long reach.
VERB + REACH▪ havePREPOSITION▪ beyond (sb/sth's) reach▪The latch was just beyond her reach.
▪ in (sb/sth's) reach, within (sb/sth's) reach▪The riverbank was almost in reach.
▪There was a knife within his reach.
▪a beach resort within reach of Bangkok
▪The house is within easy reach of the train station.
▪ out of sb/sth's reach▪Keep all medicines out of reach of children.
PHRASES▪ within arm's reach▪I always keep my phone within arm's reach.
2 power/influenceADJECTIVE▪ vast, wide▪The organization has a wide reach.
▪ global▪The global reach of the Internet has exceeded what anyone could have predicted.
▪ geographic, geographical▪The business is looking at ways to extend its geographic reach.
VERB + REACH▪ have▪The company has a worldwide reach.
▪ broaden, expand, extend, increase▪Humans have extended their reach into space.
▪ limit▪As an artist, his reach was not limited to Britain.
PREPOSITION▪ beyond (sb/sth's) reach▪He fled abroad, beyond the reach of German prosecutors.
▪ in sb/sth's reach, within sb/sth's reach▪Our $30 000 target is now well within our reach.
▪ out of sb/sth's reach▪The price puts it out of the reach of most people.
3 reaches far placeADJECTIVE▪ far, farthest, furthest▪ nether, outer, outermost, upper, uppermost▪the upper reaches of the river
▪the upper reaches of the music charts (figurative)
▪ northern, southern, etc.▪ northernmost, southernmost, etc.VERB + REACHES▪ explore▪He dreamed of exploring the outermost reaches of space.
PREPOSITION▪ reach of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}the farthest reaches of our universe
verb1 arrive at a place/conditionADVERB▪ eventually, finally▪ easily, quickly▪The cost can easily reach six figures.
▪ almost, nearly▪The city's population had nearly reached a million by 1920.
▪ barely▪He had barely reached the door when he collapsed.
VERB + REACH▪ attempt to, try to▪ be expected to, be likely to, expect to▪Profits are expected to reach £2 billion this year.
▪ be unlikely to▪ be able to▪ be unable to, fail to▪The jury was unable to reach a verdict.
2 stretch out your arm to touch/get sthADVERB▪ gingerly, hesitantly, tentatively▪ slowly▪Slowly he reached out and picked up the gun.
▪ automatically, instinctively▪He instinctively reached for his camera.
▪ blindly▪She reached blindly for the light switch.
▪ across, down, forward, out, over▪He reached out gingerly to touch it.
▪A hand reached down to help her up the ladder.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪She reached for the telephone and picked it up.
▪ inside▪I reached inside my pocket for a pen.
▪ into▪He reached into his bag and took out a book.
3 be able to touch sthADVERB▪ easily▪She had arranged her desk so that she could reach everything easily.
▪ almost, nearly▪Her skirt almost reached the ground.
▪ halfway▪His hair reached halfway to his waist.
VERB + REACH▪ can▪I can't reach the top shelf.
Reach is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑elevator, ↑expedition, ↑inflation, ↑letter, ↑message, ↑news, ↑population, ↑procession, ↑receipt, ↑sale, ↑stock, ↑temperature, ↑toll, ↑train, ↑troops, ↑turnover, ↑unemploymentReach is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accord, ↑adolescence, ↑adulthood, ↑age, ↑agreement, ↑altitude, ↑audience, ↑birthday, ↑boiling point, ↑border, ↑bottom, ↑ceiling, ↑climax, ↑coast, ↑completion, ↑compromise, ↑conclusion, ↑consensus, ↑consumer, ↑crescendo, ↑crest, ↑crossroads, ↑culmination, ↑deadlock, ↑deal, ↑decision, ↑degree, ↑depth, ↑destination, ↑diagnosis, ↑ear, ↑earth, ↑edge, ↑end, ↑exit, ↑expectation, ↑expression, ↑extent, ↑extreme, ↑figure, ↑final, ↑finale, ↑floor, ↑freezing, ↑frontier, ↑fruition, ↑goal, ↑grade, ↑ground, ↑height, ↑high, ↑highway, ↑impasse, ↑judgement, ↑land, ↑length, ↑level, ↑limit, ↑low, ↑mainstream, ↑mark, ↑market, ↑maturity, ↑maximum, ↑menopause, ↑middle age, ↑milestone, ↑minimum, ↑moon, ↑objective, ↑office, ↑old age, ↑orbit, ↑orgasm, ↑outskirts, ↑peak, ↑per cent, ↑perfection, ↑phase, ↑pinnacle, ↑pitch, ↑plateau, ↑point, ↑port, ↑position, ↑potential, ↑profitability, ↑proportion, ↑puberty, ↑quota, ↑rank, ↑resolution, ↑retirement, ↑room, ↑round, ↑safety, ↑saturation, ↑scene, ↑settlement, ↑shelf, ↑shore, ↑showroom, ↑size, ↑solution, ↑speed, ↑spot, ↑stage, ↑stalemate, ↑standard, ↑state, ↑stop, ↑summit, ↑surface, ↑target, ↑teens, ↑temperature, ↑threshold, ↑top, ↑total, ↑trough, ↑truce, ↑turning point, ↑understanding, ↑valley, ↑velocity, ↑verdict, ↑viewer, ↑watershed
Collocations dictionary. 2013.