Meaning & use
easy to reach
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Meaning
phrase
not difficult to get to, contact, or achieve
Grammar: Used after linking verbs like 'be' or 'seem': The station is easy to reach by bus.
Patterns
- be easy to reach
- easy to reach by something
- easy to reach someone
- easy to reach a goal
The hotel is easy to reach from the airport.
She is easy to reach by phone or email.
With practice, that goal is easy to reach.
Common combinations
- easy to reach by car
- The beach is easy to reach by car.
- easy to reach by public transport
- The museum is easy to reach by public transport.
- easy to reach an agreement
- After a short discussion, it was easy to reach an agreement.
- easy to reach a decision
- With all the facts, it was easy to reach a decision.
Synonyms and how they differ
- accessible
- Accessible is more formal and often means easy to enter or use, especially for people with disabilities; it can also mean easy to understand.
- reachable
- Reachable is a direct synonym but less common in everyday speech; it often sounds more technical.
- available
- Available means able to be contacted or obtained, but it doesn't imply ease of reaching; it focuses on being free or ready.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: easy to reach or easy to manage?
easy to reach vs easy to manage
Easy to manage means easy to control; easy to reach means easy to get to or contact.
Practice
The remote village is not ______ by road during the rainy season.
Choose one answer.
'Easy to reach' fits because it describes difficulty in getting to a place. 'Easy to manage' means easy to control, which doesn't fit a village. 'Easy to notice' means easily seen, and 'easy to breathe' is unrelated.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “easy to reach”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.