[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reach.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / reach

[← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/)

# 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 →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m3)

4) To reach someone is to contact them, like by phone. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x1)
- The train reached the city after 3 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x2)
- How many more steps to reach the top? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x3)
- He saved until he reached $50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x4)
- I can't reach the top shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x5)
- Keep medicines out of reach of children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x6)
- Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x7)
- I tried to reach Grandma by phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x8)
- Reach for the stars! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/#x9)
- At last he reached the place. [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora

- [A payslip shows what you earned and what was taken off, such as tax and pension, before the rest reached your bank.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/9/)
- [A spam filter can give points to warning words and flag a message when its points reach a set number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine/13/)
- [A galloping racehorse can reach about 70 kilometres an hour over a short distance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/10/)
- [The nose warms and moistens air, and its hairs and sticky mucus catch dust and germs before they reach the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/12/)
- [Donkeys often live 30 to 40 years and some reach 50, longer than most horses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reach» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reach/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.