reach
Extend your arm
To reach a goal or destination is to arrive there.
To reach for something suggests the attempt to do this, which may or may not succeed.
To reach a person is to succeed in contacting them.
The attempt to do this, in modern language, is to reach out to them.
Movement on a scale can be described with reach, as when a temperature reaches the overnight low.
The noun reach usually characterizes length or extent: How can we increase our market reach?
Seize or understand
clutch · fingertip · arm's length · handhold · contact · outstretch · lean · lunge
Forceful contact or consequence
- swayRock back and forth
- cloutInformal power or punch
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
power · scope · grasp · sphere · orbit · arm · tentacles · footprint
Dug water passage
Distance between endpoints
distance · breadth · spectrum · sweep · radius · coverage · territory · domain
Join or link
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- engageActively participate or connect
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- viewershipCollective television audience
circulation · readership · followers · demographic · penetration · exposure · broadcast · dissemination
Notable event marking progress
- goalDesired end result
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- breakthroughSudden important advance
pinnacle · summit · threshold · benchmark · target · aspiration · ambition · potential
Sloped connecting surface
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- accessibleAble to be reached
- inclusionBeing made part
- universal designCreating spaces usable by all
elevator · assistive · accommodation · barrier-free · ADA · inclusive · mobility · adaptive
grasp
Seize or understand
grab · clutch · fingertip · arm's length · handhold · contact · outstretch · lean · lunge · strain
impact
Forceful contact or consequence
leverage · power · scope · grasp · sphere · orbit · arm · tentacles · footprint · penetration
canal
Dug water passage
span
Distance between endpoints
stretch · distance · breadth · spectrum · sweep · radius · coverage · territory · domain · bounds
connect
Join or link
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- engageActively participate or connect
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
viewership · circulation · readership · followers · demographic · penetration · exposure · broadcast · dissemination · platform
milestone
Notable event marking progress
- goalDesired end result
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
breakthrough · pinnacle · summit · threshold · benchmark · target · aspiration · ambition · potential · ceiling
ramp
Sloped connecting surface
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- accessibleAble to be reached
- inclusionBeing made part
universal design · elevator · assistive · accommodation · barrier-free · ADA · inclusive · mobility · adaptive · facilities
- athletic movesjump, run, sprint, dive, throw
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- finishfinish, complete, conclude, end, finalize
- influenceinfluence, persuasion, sway, clout, leverage
- physical actionsbow, curtsy, handshake, wave, salute
- physiquebuild, body type, figure, physique, somatotype
- out of reachBeyond one's grasp
- within reachClose enough to grasp
- reach outInitiate communication with someone
- reached outMade an attempt to contact
- reaches outInitiates contact
- reach forExtend toward something
reaching, reached, preach, preacher, reaches, preaching, unreachable, outreach, overreach