How to pronounce reach
American English pronunciation
REECH
- IPA
- /ˈɹitʃ/
- Syllables
- REECH (1 syllable)
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What reach means
Most people know reach in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A straight, open stretch of a river
In a sentence: Our canoe drifted down a long, calm reach of the river between two sharp bends.
Where it comes from: It comes from Old English raecan, to stretch out. A reach of river was first a stretch a boat could sail along in one go.
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