(v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
(v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
(v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
(v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
(v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
(v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
(v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
(v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
(v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
(v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
(v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
(v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
(v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
(v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
(n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
(n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
(n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
(n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
(n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Philip Shaw, chief economist at broker Investec, expects CPI to hit 5.1%, just shy of the 5.2% reached in September 2008, as the utility hikes alone add 0.4% to inflation.
(2) The final number of fibers--140,000-165,000--is reached by the sixth week after birth.
(3) However, direct measurements of mediator release should be carried out to reach a firm conclusion.
(4) Here we show that this induction of AP-2 mRNA is at the level of transcription and is transient, reaching a peak 48-72 hr after the addition of RA and declining thereafter, even in the continuous presence of RA.
(5) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
(6) After vascular injury, smooth muscle cells proliferate, reaching a maximum rate at day 2.
(7) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
(8) Both development of EDTA-resistant fibrinogen binding and fibrinogen association with the cytoskeleton were time dependent and reached maxima 45 to 60 minutes after fibrinogen binding to stimulated platelets.
(9) Foetal serum TSH concentration declined significantly between 20 and 21 days of gestation, reached a low level at delivery, and remained low for several days after birth.
(10) The highest antishock effect of dopamine is reached when cardiac output fraction addressed to thoracic region vitals is supported by dopamine on the 43-45% level.
(11) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
(12) This indicates that [Ca2+]i may reach greater than 10 microM during an RCC.
(13) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
(14) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
(15) It is possible that the elements provide common precursor proteins that reach the secretory intermediate lobe cells through their dendritic branches.
(16) More evil than Clocky , the alarm clock that rolls away when you reach out to silence it, or the Puzzle Alarm , which makes you complete a simple puzzle before it'll go quiet, the Money Shredding Alarm Clock methodically destroys your cash unless you rouse yourself.
(17) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
(18) These O2-exposed cells were resistant to 4HNE, requiring 2.6 times as long in 80 microM 4HNE to reach 30% survival as compared to density-matched normoxia control.
(19) But the amount of time spent above SPA has differed substantially between men and women due to women both living longer, and reaching state pension age earlier.
(20) He said the 8.13am train from the French capital to London reached Calais before suffering “network problems”.
Understand
Definition:
(v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
(v. t.) To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
(v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
(v. t.) To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
(v. t.) To stand under; to support.
(v. i.) To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
(v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(2) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(3) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(4) The purpose of these studies was to better understand the molecular basis of chromosome aberration formation after mitomycin C treatment.
(5) Attempts are now being made to use this increased understanding to produce effective killed vaccines that produce immune responses in the lung.
(6) The evidence suggests that by the age of 15 years many adolescents show a reliable level of competence in metacognitive understanding of decision-making, creative problem-solving, correctness of choice, and commitment to a course of action.
(7) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(8) Further study both of the signaling events that lead to MPF activation and of the substrates for phosphorylation by MPF should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the biochemistry of cell division.
(9) The only way we can change it, is if we get people to look in and understand what is happening.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dean, Clare and their baby son.
(10) Grisham said she and other aides had not been aware of the trip and “appreciate everyone’s understanding”.
(11) With better understanding of metabolic and compositional requirements, great advances have been made in the area of total parenteral nutrition.
(12) I did not - do not - quite understand how some are able to contemplate his anti-semitism with indifference.
(13) To get a better understanding of the different cell interactions during the immune response to a hapten-carrier complex, the effects of immunogenic or tolerogenic injections of various hapten-containing compounds on the responses induced by immunization with the same hapten coupled to protein carriers were studied.
(14) A clearer understanding of these relationships and their application to clinical management await further study.
(15) A good understanding of upper gastrointestinal physiology is required to properly understand the pathophysiological events in various diseases or after operations on the upper gastrointestinal tract.
(16) More needs to be known about the direct and indirect modulation of cytokine production by cyclosporin A in connective tissues, in order to understand its potential value in clinical disorders.
(17) This is not an argument for the status quo: teaching must be given greater priority within HE, but the flipside has to be an understanding on the part of students, ministers, officials, the public and the media that academics (just like politicians) cannot make everyone happy all of the time.
(18) For a better understanding of the cytochrome P-450 mediated reactions, we studied the metabolism of midazolam in microsomal fractions prepared from twelve human livers.
(19) Critical in this understanding are the subtle changes that occur in the individual patient, reflecting the natural history of the disease or response to its treatment.
(20) We are already witnessing a wholly understandable uprising of protest.