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outgoing

/ˈaʊtˌɡoʊɪŋ/

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What does outgoing mean?

adjective

  1. Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving.
  2. Going out, on its way out.
  3. Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
  2. Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense.
  3. The extreme limit; the place of ending.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of outgo

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈaʊtˌɡoʊɪŋ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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They jocosely saluted the outgoing couple, and went forward in front of Jude and Sue, whose diffidence was increasing.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
Others reveal, upon education, that over and above appetites, they have a generous, outgoing, assertively courageous disposition.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
More book examples (3)
By that duct, with the outgoing tide, my body would pass, in the wake of Mason, Cadby, and many another victim!
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
The outgoing was effected at the bottom, from first to last, without the least impediment.
Jean-Henri FabreBramble-Bees and OthersTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3421
In the Multiple board, as it grew up under the hands of Scribner, the outgoing wires are duplicated so as to be within reach of every operator.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819