Outgoing

//aʊtˈɡəʊɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.

    "the outgoings of the morning and evening"

  2. 2
    Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense. in-plural
  3. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of outgo form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Going out, on its way out. not-comparable

    "Is there any outgoing post?"

  3. 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. 1
    retiring from a position or office wordnet
  2. 2
    leaving a place or a position wordnet
  3. 3
    at ease in talking to others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
extrovertedoutflowingretiringaccessibleaffableamenable

Example

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"Karl is an outgoing sort of person."

Etymology

From outgo + -ing, out + going.

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