Outgoing

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outgo \Out*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Outwent}; p. p. {Outgone}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Outgoing}.]
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     1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to
        outdo.
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     2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.] --Denham.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outgoing \Out"go`ing\, n.
     1. The act or the state of going out.
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              The outgoings of the morning and evening. --Ps. lxv.
                                                    8.
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     2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay.
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     3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.]
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              The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of
              the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. --Josh.
                                                    xviii. 19.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  outgoing \out"go`ing\, a.
     1. Going out; departing; leaving; as, the outgoing
        administration; an outgoing steamer.
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     2. Being sent out; as, outgoing mail; outgoing packages.
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     3. Enjoying the company of others; pleasant and responsive to
        others; sociable; friendly; convivial; cordial; -- of
        people; as, an outgoing personality. Opposite of
        {reserved} or {cold}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outgoing
       adj 1: going out or away or of the past; "an outgoing steamship";
              "the outgoing president" [ant: {incoming}]
       2: at ease in talking to others [syn: {extroverted}, {forthcoming}]
       3: somewhat extroverted [syn: {extrovertish}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "outgoing":
     accessible, affable, amenable, amiable, amicable, approachable,
     candid, communicative, congenial, conversable, cordial,
     demonstrative, departing, departure, easygoing, effluent, effused,
     effusive, egress, egression, emeritus, exit, exodus, expansive,
     extraction, extravasated, extroversive, extrovert, extroverted,
     familiar, former, forthcoming, frank, free, free-speaking,
     free-spoken, free-tongued, friendly, genial, going out, gossipy,
     informal, leaving, newsy, open, other-directed, outbound, outcome,
     outcoming, outflowing, outgo, outpouring, outspoken, outward-bound,
     past, retiring, self-revealing, self-revelatory, sociable,
     talkative, unconstrained, unhampered, unrepressed, unreserved,
     unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking,
     unsilent, unsuppressed, warm, withdrawing