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Outgoing

To go out, to set forth.

📖 Definitions of "Outgoing"

verb
  1. 1

    To go out, to set forth.

  2. 2

    To go further; to exceed or surpass; go beyond.

  3. 3

    To overtake; to travel faster than.

  4. 4

    To outdo; exceed; surpass.

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    (chiefly in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense.

  3. 3

    The extreme limit; the place of ending.

adjective
  1. 1

    Extraverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably.

    "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.

    "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).

    "The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting."

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