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Outgoing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUTGO'ING, ppr. Going beyond.
OUT'GOING, n.
1. The act of going out.
2. The state of going out. Psalms 65.
3. Utmost border; extreme limit. Josh 17.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship" [ant: incoming]
2: retiring from a position or office; "the outgoing president" [ant: incoming]
3: at ease in talking to others [syn: extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1633 1. a. going away ; departing <an outgoing ship> b. retiring or withdrawing from a place or position <the outgoing president> c. directed to an intended recipient <outgoing mail> 2. openly friendly and responsive ; extroverted • outgoingness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 friendly; sociable; extrovert. 2 retiring from office. 3 going out or away. --n. 1 (in pl.) expenditure. 2 the act or an instance of going out.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outgo Out*go", v. t. [imp. Outwent; p. p. Outgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgoing.] 1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo. 2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.] --Denham.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outgoing Out"go`ing, n. 1. The act or the state of going out. The outgoings of the morning and evening. --Ps. lxv. 8. 2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay. 3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.] The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. --Josh. xviii. 19.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outgoing Out"go`ing, a. Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You use outgoing to describe a person in charge of something who is soon going to leave that position. ...the outgoing director of the Edinburgh International Festival. ADJ: ADJ n 2. Outgoing things such as planes, mail, and passengers are leaving or being sent somewhere. All outgoing flights were grounded. ? incoming ADJ: ADJ n 3. Someone who is outgoing is very friendly and likes meeting and talking to people. = extrovert ADJ

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

out'-go-ing: In Ps 65:8, "Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice," the Hebrew is motsa'. The word (from yatsa', "to go forth") refers to the "going forth" of the sun, and so means "east" (as in Ps 75:6). The connection of motsa' with "evening" is therefore zeugmatic, but the meaning is clear and there are extra-Biblical parallels (compare "the two Orients"). In Jos 17:18, the King James Version uses "outgoings" for the Hebrew totsa'oth (also from yatsa'), where the meaning is "extremity" (the Revised Version (British and American) "goings out," as in Nu 34:5, etc.). "Outwent" occurs in the margin of Mr 6:33.

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Moby Thesaurus

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