REACHING


Meaning of REACHING in English

I. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English rechynge, from Old English rǣcing, from rǣcan to reach + -ing (suffix forming nouns from verbs)

: the action of one that reaches for something or an instance of grasping or seeking to grasp

the incomplete abstracted reachings for the meaning of things — Walter Lippmann

II. adjective

Etymology: from present participle of reach (I)

: that reaches out, forward, or into something ; especially : deeply penetrating

the views of the lord deputy, somewhat more reaching than their own, startled them — Robert Browning

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