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out⋅reach

  [v. out-reech; n., adj. out-reech]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
2. Archaic. to reach out; extend.
–verb (used without object)
3. to reach out.
–noun
4. an act or instance of reaching out.
5. length or extent of reach.
6. the act of extending services, benefits, etc., to a wider section of the population, as in community work.
–adjective
7. concerned with extending community services, benefits, etc.: an educational outreach program.
Origin:
1560–70; out- + reach
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out·reach   (out-rēch')   
v.   out·reached, out·reach·ing, out·reach·es

v.   tr.

  1. To surpass (another) in reach: She had to outreach her opponent to win the fencing match.

  2. To be more or greater than; exceed: Demand has outreached supply.

v.   intr.

  1. To go too far.

  2. To reach out.

n.   (out'rēch')

  1. The act or process of reaching out.

  2. Extent or length of reach: the vast outreach of technology; the outreach of a forest fire from mountains to suburbs.

  3. A systematic attempt to provide services beyond conventional limits, as to particular segments of a community: an educational outreach to illiterate adults.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

outreach  (n.)
"an organization's involvement in the community," 1870, from out + reach (q.v.). The verb (1568) tends to be used in literal senses.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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