outreach (redirected from outreached)

out·reach  (out-rch)

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. (outrch)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

outreach - the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit" reaching, stretch, reach - the act of physically reaching or thrusting out