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reaching
Overview of noun reaching
The noun reaching has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. reach, reaching, stretch -- (the act of physically reaching or thrusting out)
2. arrival, reaching -- (accomplishment of an objective)
Overview of verb reach
The verb reach has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (111) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain -- (reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts")
2. (40) reach, hit, attain -- (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")
3. (29) reach, reach out -- (move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people")
4. (22) reach, get through, get hold of, contact -- (be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia")
5. (18) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach -- (to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks")
6. (13) reach, extend to, touch -- (to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall")
7. (9) reach, make, get to, progress to -- (reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade")
8. (1) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give -- (place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")
9. strive, reach, strain -- (to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reaching
2 senses of reaching
Sense 1
reach, reaching, stretch
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
arrival, reaching
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun reaching
2 senses of reaching
Sense 1
reach, reaching, stretch
=> outreach
Sense 2
arrival, reaching
=> attainment
=> advent, coming
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reaching
2 senses of reaching
Sense 1
reach, reaching, stretch
=> motion, movement, move, motility
Sense 2
arrival, reaching
=> accomplishment, achievement
Antonyms of noun reaching
Member Holonyms of noun reaching
Substance Holonyms of noun reaching
Part Holonyms of noun reaching
Member Meronyms of noun reaching
Substance Meronyms of noun reaching
Part Meronyms of noun reaching
Meronyms of noun reaching
Holonyms of noun reaching
Attributes of noun reaching
Derived Forms of noun reaching
2 senses of reaching
Sense 1
reach, reaching, stretch
RELATED TO>(verb) reach#3
=> reach, reach out
Sense 2
arrival, reaching
RELATED TO>(verb) reach#7
=> reach, make, get to, progress to
Domain of noun reaching
Domain Terms of noun reaching
Familiarity of noun reaching
reaching used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun reaching
2 senses of reaching
Sense 1
reach, reaching, stretch
> motion, movement, move, motility
=> abduction
=> adduction
=> agitation
=> body English
=> circumduction
=> disturbance
=> fetal movement, foetal movement
=> flit, dart
=> gesture
=> headshake, headshaking
=> inclination, inclining
=> inversion, eversion, everting
=> inversion, upending
=> jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
=> kick, kicking
=> kneel, kneeling
=> lurch, pitch, pitching
=> eye movement
=> opening
=> prostration
=> reach, reaching, stretch
=> reciprocation
=> reclining
=> retraction
=> retroflection, retroflexion
=> rotation, rotary motion
=> shutting, closing
=> sitting
=> sitting, posing
=> snap
=> squat, squatting
=> sweep
=> toss
=> vibration, quiver, quivering
=> wave
=> waver, flutter, flicker
=> standing
=> straddle, span
=> stroke
=> wiggle, wriggle, squirm
=> eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
Sense 2
arrival, reaching
> accomplishment, achievement
=> beachhead, foothold
=> cakewalk
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> masterpiece
=> masterstroke
=> credit
=> performance
=> record, track record
=> fait accompli, accomplished fact
=> going, sledding
=> arrival, reaching
=> close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape
=> attainment
=> liberation, release, freeing
=> base on balls, walk, pass
=> haymaking
=> face saver, face saving
=> recruitment, enlisting
=> smooth
Meronyms of noun reaching
2 senses of reaching
Holonyms of noun reaching
Grep of noun reaching
preaching
reaching
Antonyms of verb reach
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reach
9 senses of reach
Sense 1
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Sense 2
reach, hit, attain
=> arrive, get, come
Sense 3
reach, reach out
=> move
Also See> reach out#3
Sense 4
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 5
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
=> be
Also See> reach out#2; reach into#1
Sense 7
reach, make, get to, progress to
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sense 8
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> transfer
Sense 9
strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> fight, struggle
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb reach
7 of 9 senses of reach
Sense 1
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
=> catch up
=> scale, surmount
=> breast
=> access, get at
=> peak
=> bottom out
=> top out
=> summit
=> top
=> make
=> find
=> culminate
=> get through, come through
=> ground, run aground
Sense 2
reach, hit, attain
=> max out
=> break even
Sense 4
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> ping
=> ping
=> raise
Sense 5
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> score
=> reach, make, get to, progress to
=> begin
=> come to, strike
=> culminate
=> compass
=> average
=> wangle, finagle, manage
Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
=> reach into
Sense 8
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> give
=> slip, sneak
=> deal
=> hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render
=> release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
=> entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
=> entrust, leave
Sense 9
strive, reach, strain
=> extend oneself
=> kill oneself, overexert oneself
=> trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reach
9 senses of reach
Sense 1
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Sense 2
reach, hit, attain
=> arrive, get, come
Sense 3
reach, reach out
=> move
Also See> reach out#3
Sense 4
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> communicate, intercommunicate
Sense 5
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
=> be
Also See> reach out#2; reach into#1
Sense 7
reach, make, get to, progress to
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Sense 8
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> transfer
Sense 9
strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
'Cause To' of verb reach
Derived Forms of verb reach
3 of 9 senses of reach
Sense 3
reach, reach out
RELATED TO>(noun) reach#3
=> reach, reaching, stretch
RELATED TO>(noun) reaching#1
=> reach, reaching, stretch
Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
RELATED TO>(noun) reach#1
=> range, reach
Sense 7
reach, make, get to, progress to
RELATED TO>(noun) reaching#2
=> arrival, reaching
Domain of verb reach
Domain Terms of verb reach
Familiarity of verb reach
reach used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Sample Sentences of verb reach
9 senses of reach
Sense 1
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
EX: They reach the hill
Sense 2
reach, hit, attain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
reach, reach out
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 5
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
reach, make, get to, progress to
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 9
strive, reach, strain
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb reach
8 of 9 senses of reach
Sense 2
reach, hit, attain
> arrive, get, come
=> land, set down
=> drive in
=> land, put down, bring down
=> land, set ashore, shore
=> roll up
=> come, come in
=> reach, hit, attain
=> flood in
=> pull in, get in, move in, draw in
=> plump in
Sense 3
reach, reach out
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 4
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
> communicate, intercommunicate
=> grimace, make a face, pull a face
=> fingerspell, finger-spell
=> aphorize, aphorise
=> riddle
=> project
=> reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> inflict, bring down, visit, impose
=> commune
=> ask, inquire, enquire
=> telecommunicate
=> inform
=> joke, jest
=> blog
=> greet
=> address, turn to
=> nod
=> convey, impart
=> sign
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> talk, speak
=> speak, talk
=> gesticulate, gesture, motion
=> telepathize, telepathise
=> write
=> radio
=> write
=> network
=> sign, signal, signalize, signalise
=> semaphore
=> whistle
=> give, throw
=> give, pay
=> give, render
=> carry, convey, express
=> issue
=> come across, come over
=> share
=> get
Sense 5
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
> succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
=> hit
=> pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage
=> pass, clear
=> luck out, hit the jackpot
=> nail down, nail, peg
=> pass, make it
=> run
=> work, act
=> pan out
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> arrive, make it, get in, go far
Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 7
reach, make, get to, progress to
> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> score
=> reach, make, get to, progress to
=> begin
=> come to, strike
=> culminate
=> compass
=> average
=> wangle, finagle, manage
Sense 8
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
> transfer
=> give
=> alien, alienate
=> negociate
=> convey
=> desacralize, secularize
=> assign
=> pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> distribute
Sense 9
strive, reach, strain
> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> strive, reach, strain
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb reach
Sense 1
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
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Sense 2
reach, hit, attain
=> arrive, get, come
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Sense 3
reach, reach out
=> move
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Sense 4
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> communicate, intercommunicate
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Sense 5
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
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Sense 6
reach, extend to, touch
=> be
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Sense 7
reach, make, get to, progress to
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
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Sense 8
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> transfer
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Sense 9
strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
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Grep of verb reach
breach
overreach
preach
reach
reach into
reach one's nostrils
reach out
Grep of adj reaching
overreaching
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