reach

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun the limits within which something can be effective
  2. noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
  3. noun the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

Etymology

From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).

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