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Outgoing
//aʊtˈɡəʊɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving.
"Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy."
- 2 Going out, on its way out. not-comparable
"Is there any outgoing post?"
- 3 Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced). not-comparable
"The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting."
Adjective
- 1 retiring from a position or office wordnet
- 2 leaving a place or a position wordnet
- 3 at ease in talking to others wordnet
Noun
- 1 The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
"the outgoings of the morning and evening"
- 2 Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense. in-plural
- 3 The extreme limit; the place of ending.
"The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of outgo form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From outgo + -ing, out + going.
Etymology 2
From outgo + -ing, out + going.
Etymology 3
From outgo + -ing, out + going.
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