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Outreach

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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

verb-intransitive. To go too far.

verb-intransitive. To reach out.

n. The act or process of reaching out.

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

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act or practice of visiting and providing the services (of a charity or other organization) to people who might not otherwise have access to those services.

n. The extent or length of something.

v. To reach further than; to surpass or exceed; to go too far.

v. To provide charitable services to people who would otherwise not have access to those services.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To reach beyond.

n. The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections from one person or group to another.

n. The extension of assistance or services to persons or groups not previously served.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To reach or extend beyond.

To cheat; overreach.

To reach out; be extended or proffered.

n. Length of reach: as, an outreach of four feet; the act of reaching out.

n. the act of reaching out

Word Usage

"Instead, the work seems to point the need for a new kind of “outreach professional” who is both scientific expert and trained in outreach activities."

Verb Form

outreached outreaches outreaching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

reach reaching stretch

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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