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ex⋅tro⋅vert

  [ek-struh-vurt, -stroh-]
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–noun
1. an outgoing, gregarious person.
2. Psychology. a person characterized by extroversion; a person concerned primarily with the physical and social environment (opposed to introvert ).
–adjective
3. Also, ex⋅tro⋅vert⋅ed. Psychology. marked by extroversion.
–verb (used with object)
4. Psychology. to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) outward or to things outside the self.
Also, extravert.

Origin:
1665–75; extro- + L vertere to turn
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ex·tro·vert·ed also ex·tra·vert·ed   (ěk'strə-vûr'tĭd)   
adj.  Marked by interest in and behavior directed toward others or the environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self; gregarious or outgoing: "the hearty and extroverted types who dominated public life in Boston" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.)
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Main Entry: ex·tro·vert·ed
Variant: also ex·tra·vert·ed /-"v&rt-&d/
Function: adjective
: marked by or suggesting extroversion; broadly : being a gregarious and unreserved person —compare INTROVERTED
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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