reach

«reach» in Mova's school dictionary: to get to a place: the train reached the city — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach)

meaning for a pupil

1) To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. tree →

2) To reach is to stretch your arm to touch or take something. tree →

3) If you reach a goal or an amount, you get there: reach 100 points. tree →

4) To reach someone is to contact them, like by phone. tree →

5) Your reach is how far you can stretch; «out of reach» means too far to touch. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a goal or end amount: to reach 100 points, reach the top, reach a town; often asks how much more is needed. In everyday life and safety: keep medicines out of reach of children; reaching a shelf. In science: light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. In stories: «reach for the stars».

examples

• She needs 20 more points to reach 100. tree →
• The train reached the city after 3 hours. tree →
• How many more steps to reach the top? tree →
• He saved until he reached $50. tree →
• I can't reach the top shelf. tree →
• Keep medicines out of reach of children. tree →
• Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. tree →
• I tried to reach Grandma by phone. tree →
• Reach for the stars! tree →
• At last he reached the place. tree →

note

«How much more to reach X» means X minus what you have now. Trap: the number after «reach» is the end amount, not the amount to add. «Reach» needs no «to» before the place: «reach the city», not «reach to the city». Past: reached.

In the corpora

• A payslip shows what you earned and what was taken off, such as tax and pension, before the rest reached your bank.
• A spam filter can give points to warning words and flag a message when its points reach a set number.
• A galloping racehorse can reach about 70 kilometres an hour over a short distance.
• The nose warms and moistens air, and its hairs and sticky mucus catch dust and germs before they reach the lungs.
• Donkeys often live 30 to 40 years and some reach 50, longer than most horses.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reach» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.