outgoing

[ out-goh-ing or, for 5, -goh- ]
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adjective
  1. going out; departing: outgoing trains.

  2. leaving or retiring from a position or office: A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.

  1. addressed and ready for posting: outgoing mail.

  2. of or relating to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises: outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.

  3. interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable: an outgoing personality.

noun
  1. Usually outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.

  2. the act of going out: The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.

  1. something that goes out; effluence: an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.

Origin of outgoing

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English (gerund); out- + going

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How to use outgoing in a sentence

  • To-morrow he would learn definitely what passengers the out-going boat had carried.

    Six Women | Victoria Cross
  • Not many days after their out-going, a sail was sighted and all speed was made to capture her.

  • We found the out-going trail of the beaver man—or of a single horse, anyway,151 but no shoe prints with it.

    Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. Sabin
  • They—they must have fallen out going up that infernal Niederwald.

  • Back to Meechum's Station, from body and top of the out-going train floated wild cheering.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for outgoing

outgoing

/ (ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. departing; leaving

  2. leaving or retiring from office: the outgoing chairman

  1. friendly and sociable

noun
  1. the act of going out

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