reach

Naija

Alternative forms

• pass 0.58 4987, expire 0.57 121, enter 0.54 2952, tay 0.51 251, spend 0.50 706, climb 0.50 155, recover 0.48 235, grow 0.47 785, loss 0.47 250

Etymology

Borrowed from English reach

Pronunciation

• rîtʃ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 133
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 115
• Frequency in raw corpus: 3991
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 95

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

reach: to be enough, o be equal, attain -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   E don reach abeg.  — no translation

   E never reach im papa level for di work now.  — no translation

2. obj (frequency:515)

   Reach a'ha.  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__75, Up to...aha)

   Di guy fine reach me?  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__130, Is the guy as handsome as me?)

3. - (frequency:307)

   reach...  — (NST_cleaned__37311, __no translation__)

   Try reach!  — (ONI_25_Nigeria-Don-Wowo_DG__32, try and get to...)

4. mark-obj (frequency:171)

   Shot wey reach post  — (bbc__89480, __no translation__)

   Burn to reach ground  — (bbc__21102, __no translation__)

5. aux-obj (frequency:77)

   Im don know how much go reach you.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__148, He already knows how much will be enough for you.)

   Who fit reach you, Jehovah our God?  — (jw__46101, __no translation__)

6. nsubj (frequency:27)

   So when di time reach…  — (JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__148, So when the time comes...)

   Know where your power reach.  — (jw__21938, __no translation__)

7. advcl (frequency:26)

   Mouth no fit talk how I happy reach when I see dem!  — (jw__24821, __no translation__)

   E get age wey person suppose reach before e baptize?  — (jw__8127, __no translation__)

8. obl:mod (frequency:26)

   E still be di same reach today.  — (bbc__45655, __no translation__)

   Wetin help am to wait reach like that?  — (jw__43451, __no translation__)

9. mark (frequency:19)

   How much e go give me wey go reach me?  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__137, How much is he going to give me that will be enough for me ?)

   How much e go give me wey e go reach me?  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__139, How much is he going to give me that will be enough for me ?)

10. obl:arg (frequency:19)

    Na so Okoye talk reach with ordinary language.  — (katakata__361, __no translation__)

    dem no dey let am reach to disfellowship person.  — (jw__8932, __no translation__)

11. advmod (frequency:15)

    Reach ev’rywhere.  — (jw__30878, __no translation__)

    Im advice still dey important reach now.  — (jw__20205, __no translation__)

12. dep-obj (frequency:9)

    Make the way you dey sing, loud reach how you dey talk.  — (jw__17096, __no translation__)

    According to di United Nations, China don invest reach $43 billion as at 2017.  — (bbc__14418, __no translation__)

13. aux-mark (frequency:8)

    Time don reach, to go help people,  — (jw__37500, __no translation__)

    and di time wey go reach wey e no fit appeal again.  — (hildrights__1422, __no translation__)

14. aux (frequency:7)

    E go form pikin, and the pikin wey don form fit reach were e suppose stay for the woman belle.  — (jw__39353, __no translation__)

    We dey sure sey Jehovah no go let the bad things continue to happen when the time to stop dem don reach;  — (jw__38138, __no translation__)

15. ccomp (frequency:6)

    Nothing fit sweet person reach to dey use plenty time preach.  — (jw__23837, __no translation__)

    E want make e get for hand, make e get reach to dey give food to im ancestor chop.  — (katakata__226, __no translation__)

16. conj (frequency:4)

    For Bible, na almost the same thing for person to know where e suppose do reach and to carry body down.  — (jw__11146, __no translation__)

    How e be sey na almost the same thing for person to know where e suppose do reach and to carry body down?  — (jw__14605, __no translation__)

17. conj-obj (frequency:4)

    For seven years no body fit fall am reach Mbaino oh, reach Umuofia.  — (katakata__958, __no translation__)

    E lead dem reach Red Sea and tell dem sey make dem build small tent.  — (jw__18129, __no translation__)

18. dep (frequency:3)

    Di service, wey dey among di new ones wey BBC launch to expand dia reach, start for August 21 2017.  — (bbc__38257, __no translation__)

    We don see how Jehovah love us reach because of the special gift wey e give us—e send im Pikin make e come die for our sin.  — (jw__39344, __no translation__)

19. cc-obj (frequency:2)

    Di attack wey begin on Tuesday and reach Thursday don cause many pipo to abandon dia house and run comot.  — (bbc__33149, __no translation__)

    If your dreams no scare you, den you nova start' Ah don inspire plenty Bamenda pikin dem as ah grow for ghetto and reach' level weh ah dey now, e di make dem get hope say if ah fit reach weh a dey today den dey too go fit make'am.  — (bbc__9027, __no translation__)

20. aux-dep (frequency:2)

    Reuters Officials say di number of death fit reach 200 At least 100 pipo na im don die afta one boat somersault for Lake Victoria for Tanzania, east Africa and di final number of pipo wey die fit reach up to 200.  — (bbc__85361, __no translation__)

    Di talk wey I want us to talk today na di way government dey take govern us, di way de dey make deir own policy, di way de say dem dey write am down, and di way dey say dem dey do am wey be sey, e be like some area, na im dem, dis thing dey happen, and some area, e never reach at all, at all.  — (JOS_16_Governors-And-Education_M__2, The talk which I want us to talk about today is the way government is governing us, the way they make their own policy, the way they say they write it down, and the way they say they do it, where it is like it seems that it's in some areas that they... these things happen, and some areas where it hasn't gotten to.)

21. cc-nsubj (frequency:2)

    And di time reach wey be sey di wife came.  — (NST_cleaned__37489, __no translation__)

    And di time reach wey be sey (God don say dis di time wey my grandfader talk am) di wife came.  — (KAD_15_Money-Wahala_MG__12, And at the time put forth by God, the wife came, as foretold by my grandfather.)

Synonymes

• pass 0.58 4987, expire 0.57 121, enter 0.54 2952, tay 0.51 251, spend 0.50 706, climb 0.50 155, recover 0.48 235, grow 0.47 785, loss 0.47 250

Antonymes

• pass 0.58 4987, expire 0.57 121, enter 0.54 2952, tay 0.51 251, spend 0.50 706, climb 0.50 155, recover 0.48 235, grow 0.47 785, loss 0.47 250

Translations

• English: to be enough, o be equal, attain