Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Nautical, sailing to wind-ward; working to windward on alternate tacks; sailing on the wind.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of reach.
- n. nautical Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.
WordNet 3.0
- n. accomplishment of an objective
- n. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Examples
“Senator Clinton stressing a solutions agenda, what she calls reaching out to the voters and offering real practical plans and steps for various things, whether it be health care, whether it be Iraq, whether it be education.”
“As such, the design objectives would not only take evolution into account, but would use and exploit evolution as a partner in reaching those design objectives.”
“Plainly, the one mega-group in the electorate that Barack Obama has the most trouble reaching is the white working class.”
“That year, Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) was a key player in reaching accord with Democrats.”
The Washington Post: Obama could push education reform in effort to work with a divided Congress
“If you think you need further support, consider enlisting the support of a life coach to support your success in reaching your specific goals.”
The Huffington Post: Maddisen K. Krown: Aligning Your Goals and Actions
“I am not sure he knows how far reaching is his contribution.”
The Huffington Post: T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: Nutrition: The Future of Medicine
“We continue to review and encourage the use of new communications technologies that assist Members in reaching and providing important information to their constituents," Kyle Anderson, press director for the House Committee on Administration, wrote in an e-mail to CNN.”
Republican on new media: You can teach an old dog new tricks
“Umm, that is because Republicans have shown they really aren't interested in reaching a bipartisan deal that makes a difference.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘reaching’.
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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Writing
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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punnything's Words
existentialist, configure, numismatist, autumnal, desist, ennui, taciturn, vacillate, naivete, bloodletting, tete-a-tete, concentric and 274 more...
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( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1687 more...
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