I.
noun
1 distance over which you can stretch, travel, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪
Gorillas have a very long ~.
VERB + REACH
▪ have
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond (sb/sth's) ~
▪
The latch was just beyond her ~.
▪ in (sb/sth's) ~ , within (sb/sth's) ~
▪
The riverbank was almost in ~.
▪
There was a knife within his ~.
▪
a beach resort within ~ of Bangkok
▪
The house is within easy ~ of the train station.
▪ out of sb/sth's ~
▪
Keep all medicines out of ~ of children.
PHRASES
▪ within arm's ~
▪
I always keep my phone within arm's ~.
2 power/influence
ADJECTIVE
▪ vast , wide
▪
The organization has a wide ~.
▪ global
▪
The global ~ of the Internet has exceeded what anyone could have predicted.
▪ geographic , geographical
▪
The business is looking at ways to extend its geographic ~.
VERB + REACH
▪ have
▪
The company has a worldwide ~.
▪ broaden , expand , extend , increase
▪
Humans have extended their ~ into space.
▪ limit
▪
As an artist, his ~ was not limited to Britain.
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond (sb/sth's) ~
▪
He fled abroad, beyond the ~ of German prosecutors.
▪ in sb/sth's ~ , within sb/sth's ~
▪
Our $30 000 target is now well within our ~.
▪ out of sb/sth's ~
▪
The price puts it out of the ~ of most people.
3 reaches far place
ADJECTIVE
▪ far , farthest , furthest
▪ nether , outer , outermost , upper , uppermost
▪
the upper ~es of the river
▪
the upper ~es of the music charts ( figurative )
▪ northern , southern , etc.
▪ northernmost , southernmost , etc.
VERB + REACHES
▪ explore
▪
He dreamed of exploring the outermost ~es of space.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
the farthest ~es of our universe
II.
verb
1 arrive at a place/condition
ADVERB
▪ eventually , finally
▪ easily , quickly
▪
The cost can easily ~ six figures.
▪ almost , nearly
▪
The city's population had nearly ~ed a million by 1920.
▪ barely
▪
He had barely ~ed the door when he collapsed.
VERB + REACH
▪ attempt to , try to
▪ be expected to , be likely to , expect to
▪
Profits are expected to ~ £2 billion this year.
▪ be unlikely to
▪ be able to
▪ be unable to , fail to
▪
The jury was unable to ~ a verdict.
2 stretch out your arm to touch/get sth
ADVERB
▪ gingerly , hesitantly , tentatively
▪ slowly
▪
Slowly he ~ed out and picked up the gun.
▪ automatically , instinctively
▪
He instinctively ~ed for his camera.
▪ blindly
▪
She ~ed blindly for the light switch.
▪ across , down , forward , out , over
▪
He ~ed out gingerly to touch it.
▪
A hand ~ed down to help her up the ladder.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
She ~ed for the telephone and picked it up.
▪ inside
▪
I ~ed inside my pocket for a pen.
▪ into
▪
He ~ed into his bag and took out a book.
3 be able to touch sth
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪
She had arranged her desk so that she could ~ everything easily.
▪ almost , nearly
▪
Her skirt almost ~ed the ground.
▪ halfway
▪
His hair ~ed halfway to his waist.
VERB + REACH
▪ can
▪
I can't ~ 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 , ↑ unemployment
Reach 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