outreach (redirected from outreaching)

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.

---

outreach

vb [ˌaʊtˈriːtʃ]

1. (tr) to surpass in reach

2. (tr) to go beyond

3. to reach or cause to reach out

n [ˈaʊtˌriːtʃ]

1. the act or process of reaching out

2. the length or extent of reach

3. (Social Welfare) Social welfare any systematic effort to provide unsolicited and predefined help to groups or individuals deemed to need it

4. (Social Welfare) (modifier) (of welfare work or workers) propagating take-up of a service by seeking out appropriate people and persuading them to accept what is judged good for them Compare detached [3]

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