[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reach/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / reach # reach verb (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach) «reach» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m1) 2. To reach is to stretch your arm to touch or take something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m2) 3. If you reach a goal or an amount, you get there: reach 100 points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m3) 4. To reach someone is to contact them, like by phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m4) 5. Your reach is how far you can stretch; «out of reach» means too far to touch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m5) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x1) - The train reached the city after 3 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x2) - How many more steps to reach the top? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x3) - He saved until he reached $50. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x4) - I can't reach the top shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x5) - Keep medicines out of reach of children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x6) - Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x7) - I tried to reach Grandma by phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x8) - Reach for the stars! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x9) - At last he reached the place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x10) ### 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 Jewish tradition In Joshua, a tribe's border reached to Carmel. In Job, a proud man's head reaches the clouds. In Proverbs, stripes reach the inward parts, meaning that hard correction goes deep. **Interpretation.** The altar grating reached halfway up, and the priests' breeches reached to the thighs. The tradition reads Job as a picture of human pride that still ends in a fall. ### Examples - And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x1) - And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x2) - And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach. (Torah EXO.28.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x3) - Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts. (Writings PRO.20.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x4) - and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath. (Prophets JOS.19.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x5) - Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; (Writings JOB.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «reach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reach.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «reach» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reach» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reach.html) on Mova free.