Outreach

4 definitions found

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

  Outreach \Out*reach"\, v. t.
     To reach beyond.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  outreach \outreach\ n.
     1. The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections
        from one person or group to another; as, the Police
        Department insituted a community outreach program.
        [PJC]
  
     2. The extension of assistance or services to persons or
        groups not previously served.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outreach
       n : the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the
           human spirit"

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

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "outreach":
     bamboozle, be lengthy, be prolonged, beguile, belong, betray,
     bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, crane, deceive,
     delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, extend,
     extend out, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around,
     get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull,
     hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock,
     outclass, outdo, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outgo,
     outguess, outjump, outleap, outmaneuver, outmarch, outpace,
     outperform, outplay, outpoint, outrange, outride, outrival, outrun,
     outshine, outsmart, outstep, outstretch, outstrip, outvie, outwit,
     overjump, overleap, overmatch, overplay, overreach, override,
     pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over,
     reach out, snow, sprawl, stand on tiptoes, stonewall, straggle,
     stretch, stretch out, string along, take in, trick, two-time, undo,
     victimize