What is REACH?

Answer 1

Reach - most common use is to thrust out the hand to get something.

Answer 2

verb (used with object) 1. to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
2. to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: Your letter never reached me.
3. to succeed in touching or seizing with an outstretched hand, a pole, etc.: to reach a book on a high shelf.
4. to stretch or hold out; extend: reaching out a hand in greeting.
5. to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet: The bookcase reaches the ceiling.
6. to establish communication with: I called but couldn't reach you.
7. to amount to, as in the sum or total: The cost will reach millions.
8. to penetrate to: distant stars the eye cannot reach.
9. to succeed in striking or hitting, as with a weapon or missile: The artillery fire reached the shore.
10. to succeed in making contact with, influencing, impressing, interesting, convincing, etc.: a program that reached a large teenage audience.
–verb (used without object) 11. to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm.
12. to become outstretched, as the hand or arm.
13. to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something: to reach for a weapon.
14. to extend in operation or effect: power that reaches throughout the land.
15. to stretch in space; extend in direction, length, distance, etc.: a coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.
16. to extend or continue in time.
17. to get or come to a specified place, person, condition, etc. (often fol. by to).
18. to amount (often fol. by to): sums reaching to a considerable total.
19. to penetrate: Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.
20. to assert or agree without certainty or sufficient evidence; infer hastily: I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.
21. Nautical. a. to sail on a reach.
b. to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled.

–noun 22. an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
23. the extent or distance of reaching: within reach of his voice.
24. range of effective action, power, or capacity.
25. a continuous stretch or extent of something: a reach of woodland.
26. Also called pound. a level portion of a canal, between locks.
27. Nautical. a point of sailing in which the wind is within a few points of the beam, either forward of the beam (close reach), directly abeam (beam reach), or abaft the beam (broad reach).
28. the pole connecting the rear axle of a wagon to the transverse bar or bolster over the front axle supporting the wagon bed.
29. a straight portion of a river between two bends.

Answer 3

i really dont know why did people give such big description........??
REACH means to extend as far as OR to exert much effort or energy OR the limit of capability......

Answer 4

reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"
be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
achieve: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
range: the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
scope: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
pass: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
compass: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
strive: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
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In the application of statistics to advertising and media analysis, reach is defined as the size of the audience who listen to, read, view or otherwise access a particular work in a given time period. Reach may be stated either as an absolute number, or as a fraction of a population.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach

The number of different persons exposed to a specific media vehicle or schedule at least once. Usually measured over a specific period of time.
metro.newsmedianet.com.au/home/Glossary.jsp

The total number of people who will see a given ad.
www.asiaone.com.sg/mediakit/onlineadterms.html

to sail with the wind coming from the side of the craft.
www.transitionrig.com/glossary.htm

The distance between the fingertips of the outstretched arm across the chest to the fingertips of the other arm outstretched.
www.athens2004.com/en/BoxingGlossary

In hydrologic terms, the distance between two specific points outlining that portion of the stream, or river for which the forecast applies. This generally applies to the distance above and below the forecast point for which the forecast is valid.
weather.gov/glossary/glossary.php

Unique Web users that visited the site over the course of the reporting period, expressed as a percent of the universe for the demographic category. Also called unduplicated audience
smartbizconnection.com/advertising_glossary_index.htm

A definite portion of a stream channel, commonly taken between two gauging stations, but may be taken between any two specified points.
www.telemet.com/weather_gloss_q_r.htm

A specified segment of a stream’s path.
www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth2/glossary/r.htm

To sail with the wind coming over the midships of the boat, often a boat's best and fastest point of sail.
www.camelot-sailing.com/glossary.html

In February 2001 the European Commission published a White Paper on a new Chemicals Policy. This White Paper proposes to expose all 30,000 chemical substances produced or imported in a quantity of over 1 ton/y to a Registration, Evaluation and Authorization system for Chemicals (REACH).
www.dsm.com/en_US/html/sustainability/glossary.htm

a length of stream channel, (lake or inlet) exhibiting, on average, uniform hydraulic properties and morphology.
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/glossary/R.htm

The number of different audience members exposed at least once to a media vehicle (or vehicles) in a given period.
mediacentre.ninemsn.com.au/mediacentre/how_to_buy/glossary.aspx

On a non-tidal river the stretch of water between locks or on the tidal river between bends or landmarks.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/Glossary-M-R.html

To stretch leather, as in lasting. [Martin, 1745]
www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/GLOSSARY/bdefr.htm

For our purposes, reach is the number of different people who will hear a fundraising message.
www.pledgewell.org/glossary.html

The clear pick-up of quiet, distant sounds by a microphone due to a high S/N ratio. See self-noise. The higher the SPL of the sound source at the mic, the higher the S/N ratio. Given an SPL of 94dB, aS/N spec of 74dB is excellent, 64dB is good. The higher the S/N ratio, the cleaner (more noise-free) is the signal, and the greater the reach of the microphone.
www.dilettantesdictionary.com/index.php

The length of a river between two gaging stations. More generally, any length of a river.
onalert.ocs.ou.edu/flood/floodglossary.html

The total number of adults reached by the schedule one or more times. Gross Impressions / Average frequency = Reach
www.nadbank.com/English/method/glossary.htm

the unduplicated percent of a potential audience exposed to advertising one or more times during a given period.
www.ignitingministry.org/advertising/mediaterms.aspx

the percentage of a target audience that has an opportunity for exposure to a campaign in a given time period
www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199274894/student/glossary/glossary.htm

sailing with a beam wind Ready about - prepare to come about Reef - to reduce the size of a sail Reefing-The operation of reducing a sail by taking in one or more of the reefs. Reef-bands- Pieces of canvass, about six inches wide, sewed on the fore part of sails, where the points are fixed for reefing the sail. Reef Points-short line thu the reef band to secure the foot of the sail Rigging: - the lines that hold up the masts and move the sails (standing and running rigging). ...
www.schoonerman.com/sailingterms/schooner_vocabulary__f.htm

The number of distinct people exposed to a retailer's ads in a specified period.
www.prenhall.com/rm_student/html/glossary/r_gloss.html

A continuous stretch or expanse of the river.
www.cbr.washington.edu/crisp/models/crisp1manual/theory16/TCVchp72.html

The percentage of different households or demographics that were exposed to a media schedule at least one time. Since reach is an unduplicated measurement of all exposures to a household/demographic, it can never exceed 100%. Expressed as an absolute number, reach is referred to as net impressions or net audience.
www.horizonmedia.com/glossary/r.htm

The percentage of consumers in the advertising target actually exposed to a particular advertisement in a stated time period. p. 493
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