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Verb
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simple past tense and past participle of reach

"After waiting for hours, she finally reached her destination just as the sun began to set."

In plain English: Reached means to successfully get something that is far away or out of your normal range.

"She finally reached her destination after a long drive."

Example Sentences
"She finally reached her destination after a long drive." verb
"She reached for the glass of water on the table." verb
"The team finally reached their goal after months of hard work." verb
"I could not reach my brother since his phone was off." verb
See Also
undecided twitterable unapproachable achieved reched unattainability attained inaccessible
Related Terms

Origin

Reached is the past tense of reach, derived from Old French reechier to stretch out or attain. It ultimately traces back to Latin rectus, meaning straight, via Vulgar Latin reticare.

Rhyming Words
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