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Meanings of reaching in English

Catalan
abast
Spanish
alcance

The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.

        abast
        Portuguese
        chegar la-metaforicamente
        Catalan
        arribada
        Spanish
        cumplimiento

        Accomplishment of an objective.

              chegar la-metaforicamente
              Usage of reaching in English
              1
              The challenge facing health and social care services is reaching that scale.
              The Guardian
              2
              Potential buyers' concerns demonstrate how far reaching the renewed sanctions may be.
              Reuters
              3
              The law envisages a company reaching a restructuring deal within 15 months.
              Reuters
              4
              He set on foot many enterprises, some reaching far East, others West.
              Ben-Hur
              5
              The ICTY precedent has had an impact reaching far beyond south-eastern Europe.
              The Guardian
              6
              In addition, a catch-up programme targets schoolgirls reaching 18 years of age.
              The Irish Times
              7
              A permanently weakened energy industry would have far-reaching effects, some analysts said.
              Reuters
              8
              It said there were reports troops were blocking civilians from reaching shelter.
              Radio NZ
              9
              Police said they were able to prevent them reaching the UAF rally.
              Reuters
              10
              Reuters hit an exciting milestone today: reaching one million followers on Instagram.
              Reuters
              11
              If Schindler had been successful, the case would have far-reaching electoral consequences.
              The Guardian
              12
              The young forward is some way off reaching the Derby first team.
              The Guardian
              13
              Hulu previously forecast reaching that level by the end of the year.
              Reuters
              14
              Pereira also said there are far-reaching benefits of this report's work too.
              Radio NZ
              15
              However, reaching this point warrants better characterization of tumor-induced NK cell alterations.
              Pubmed
              16
              The drama surrounding the Greek debt crisis is reaching its final act.
              Radio NZ
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              Translations for reaching
              Reaching through the time
              Reaching across language varieties
              Canada
              Common
              South Africa
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
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