The difference between Place and Reach

When used as nouns, place means an open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard, whereas reach means the act of stretching or extending.

When used as verbs, place means to put (an object or person) in a specific location, whereas reach means to extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

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  1. Place as a noun (physical):

    An area; somewhere within an area. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. A group of houses. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. Any area of the earth: a region. The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. The area where one lives: one's home, formerly country estates and farms. An area of the skin. An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.

    Examples:

    "They live at Westminster Place."

    "He is going back to his native place on vacation."

    "We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places."

    "Do you want to come over to my place later?"

  2. Place as a noun:

    A location or position in space.

  3. Place as a noun:

    A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.

  4. Place as a noun:

    A passage or extract from a book or document.

  5. Place as a noun:

    A topic.

  6. Place as a noun:

    A frame of mind.

    Examples:

    "I'm in a strange place at the moment."

  7. Place as a noun:

    A chess position; a square of the chessboard.

  8. Place as a noun (social):

    A responsibility or position in an organization. A role or purpose; a station. The position of a contestant in a competition. The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. The position as a member of a sports team.

    Examples:

    "It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case."

    "We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place."

    "to win a bet on a horse for place"

    "He lost his place in the national team."

  9. Place as a noun:

    A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.

  10. Place as a noun:

    Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

    Examples:

    "three decimal places;  the hundreds place'"

  11. Place as a noun:

    Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.

    Examples:

    "That's what I said in the first place!"

  12. Place as a noun:

    Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

  1. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To put (an object or person) in a specific location.

    Examples:

    "He placed the glass on the table."

  2. Place as a verb (intransitive):

    To earn a given spot in a competition. To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.

    Examples:

    "The Cowboys placed third in the league."

    "In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars."

  3. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

    Examples:

    "I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where."

  4. Place as a verb (transitive, in the passive):

    To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.

    Examples:

    "Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race."

  5. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

  6. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange for or to make (a bet).

    Examples:

    "I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls."

  7. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

    Examples:

    "They phoned hoping to place her in the management team."

  8. Place as a verb (sports, transitive):

    To place-kick (a goal).

  1. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

    Examples:

    "He reached for a weapon that was on the table."

    "He reached for his shoe with his legs."

  2. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.

    Examples:

    "to reach one a book"

  3. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To stretch out the hand.

  4. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.

    Examples:

    "to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear"

    "“I can't quite reach the pepper, could you pass it to me?”"

    "The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes."

  5. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To strike or touch with a missile.

    Examples:

    "His bullet reached its intended target."

  6. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.

  7. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.

    Examples:

    "his hand reaches the river"

    "When the forest reaches the river, you will be able to rest."

  8. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.

    Examples:

    "After three years, he reached the position of manager."

    "The climbers reached the top of the mountain after a gruelling ten-day hike."

  9. Reach as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To make contact with.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: contact get hold of get in touch"

    "usex I tried to reach you all day."

  10. Reach as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).

    Examples:

    "What will it take for me to reach him?"

  11. Reach as a verb (intransitive, India, Singapore):

    To arrive at a particular destination.

  12. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.

    Examples:

    "usex You can only access the inheritance money when you reach the age of 25."

  13. Reach as a verb (obsolete):

    To understand; to comprehend.

  14. Reach as a verb (obsolete):

    To overreach; to deceive.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek South"

  15. Reach as a verb:

    To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.

    Examples:

    "'Reach for your dreams."

    "usex Reach for the stars!"

  16. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (, , , etc. something).

  17. Reach as a verb (nautical):

    To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

  18. Reach as a verb:

    To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.

  1. Reach as a noun:

    The act of stretching or extending; extension.

  2. Reach as a noun:

    The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.

    Examples:

    "The fruit is beyond my reach."

    "to be within reach of cannon shot"

  3. Reach as a noun:

    The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

  4. Reach as a noun:

    Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

  5. Reach as a noun (informal):

    An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

    Examples:

    "To call George eloquent is certainly a reach."

  6. Reach as a noun (boxing):

    The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.

  7. Reach as a noun:

    An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.

  8. Reach as a noun (nautical):

    Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.

  9. Reach as a noun (obsolete):

    An article to obtain an advantage.

  10. Reach as a noun:

    The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.

  11. Reach as a noun:

    An effort to vomit; a retching.

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