raggiungere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- achieve verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
- attain verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
- overtake verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.
- reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
Senses
raggiungere is used for these senses in English:
- achieve (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]
- attain (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
- make it To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
- overtake To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
- reach (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.
- reach (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- reach (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
achieve — full definition
- verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
- verb To do well, especially in school or in a career.
attain — full definition
- verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
- noun Something reached or achieved; an accomplishment. (Rare use; usually replaced by "attainment.")