REACH OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reach out mean? 

• REACH OUT (verb)
  The verb REACH OUT has 3 senses:

1. move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense

2. reach outward in space

3. attempt to communicate

  Familiarity information: REACH OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REACH OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

reach; reach out

Context example:

Government reaches out to the people

Hypernyms (to "reach out" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reach outward in space

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

extend; poke out; reach out

Context example:

The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk

Hypernyms (to "reach out" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attempt to communicate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me

Hypernyms (to "reach out" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reach out"):

draw out (cause to speak)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Good-fortune Jupiter, now in your home sector for all of 2020 (until December 19), will reach out to the mighty transiting Sun at a 60-degree angle, which indicates opportunities for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He did not reach out for a book.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then, in a robotic first, the spacecraft will reach out its mechanical arm and take a sample from the asteroid.

(Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid Encounter, NASA)

This was the world, the universe itself, its bounds so near one felt impelled to reach out both arms and push them back.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Our good old John could scarce lay his tongue to French enough to answer him, so he must needs reach out his great hand to him and place him very gently where you saw him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here is why: At the time of the full moon, February 8, Mars will reach out to the moon from your truelove sector in the most loving way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Martin looking at her averted face, knowing that all he had to do was to reach out his hand and pluck her, fell to pondering whether, after all, there was any real worth in refined, grammatical English, and, so, forgot to reply to her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The first date will be December 15 when Uranus, the planet of surprise news will reach out to generous Jupiter in the most harmonious way possible.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars in your travel sector will reach out to the full moon February 8-9, so your friends will surround you in a warm and supportive way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you need help to achieve a goal, reach out, for with your current star power, you’ll get it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)