Reach
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. 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. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too 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. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to. To understand; to comprehend. To stretch out the hand. To strain after something; to make efforts. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch. The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow. 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. Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel.
Example sentence: One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
Range
Part of speech: verb
Definition: (followed by over) or To travel over (an area, etc) with a particular purpose.(mathematics, computing; followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.classify
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Line or series of mountains.Large fuel-burning stove.Selection, array. Eg: A range of cars.An area for practicing shooting at targets.# An area for military training or equipment testing.The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.# Maximum range of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.The defensive area that a player can cover.Compass - The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
Example sentence: Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.