reach reaching stretch | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
attack attempt | the act of attacking, attacks on women increased last year, they made an attempt on his life |
attempt effort endeavor endeavour try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something, made an effort to cover all the reading material, wished him luck in his endeavor, she gave it a good try |
takeover attempt | an attempt to take control of a corporation |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
agreement correspondence | compatibility of observations, there was no agreement between theory and measurement, the results of two tests were in correspondence |
scope range reach orbit compass ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, 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 |
compass range reach grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
agreement arrangement | the thing arranged or agreed to, they made arrangements to meet in Chicago |
purchase contract purchase agreement | a contract stating the terms of a purchase |
fair-trade agreement | an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer |
articles of agreement shipping articles | a contract between crew and captain of a ship |
labor contract labor agreement collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
employment contract employment agreement | contract between employer and employee |
distribution agreement | a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise |
licensing agreement | contract giving someone the legal right to use a patent or trademark |
merger agreement acquisition agreement | contract governing the merger of two or more companies |
sale sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
agreement understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises, they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business, there was an understanding between management and the workers |
working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
gentlemen's agreement | a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding |
written agreement | a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties |
agreement | the verbal act of agreeing |
severance agreement | an agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
range reach | the limits within which something can be effective, range of motion, he was beyond the reach of their fire |
agreement concord | the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations |
number agreement | agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify) |
person agreement | agreement in person between pronouns and verbs |
case agreement | agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction |
gender agreement | agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction |
agreement accord | harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters, the two parties were in agreement |
reach get through get hold of contact | be in or establish communication with, Our advertisements reach millions, He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia |
reach out | attempt to communicate, I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me |
strive reach strain | to exert much effort or energy, straining our ears to hear |
reach reach out | move forward or upward in order to touch, also in a metaphorical sense, Government reaches out to the people |
undertake set about attempt | enter upon an activity or enterprise |
reach hit attain | reach a point in time, or a certain state or level, The thermometer hitdegrees, This car can reach a speed of miles per hour |
reach make attain hit arrive at gain | 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 make get to progress to | reach a goal, e.g., make the first team, We made it!, She may not make the grade |
reach one's nostrils | be smelled, have a strong odor |
pass hand reach pass on turn over give | 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 |
achieve accomplish attain reach | to gain with effort, she achieved her goal despite setbacks |
try seek attempt essay assay | make an effort or attempt, He tried to shake off his fears, The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps, The police attempted to stop the thief, He sought to improve himself, She always seeks to do good in the world |
reach extend to touch | to extend as far as, The sunlight reached the wall, Can he reach? The chair must not touch the wall |
extend poke out reach out | reach outward in space, The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk |
reach into | run into or up to |
unapproachable unreachable unreached out of reach(p) | inaccessibly located or situated, an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains, an unreachable canyon, the unreachable stars |
agreed in agreement(p) | united by being of the same opinion, agreed in their distrust of authority |