Outgoing
['aʊtgəʊɪŋ] or ['aʊt'goɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) retiring from a position or office; 'the outgoing president' .
(adj.) leaving a place or a position; 'an outgoing steamship' .
Checked by Kathy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outgo
(n.) The act or the state of going out.
(n.) That which goes out; outgo; outlay.
(n.) The extreme limit; the place of ending.
(a.) Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.
Typed by Harrison
Examples
- The return voyage promised to be more perilous then the outgoing one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Others reveal, upon education, that over and above appetites, they have a generous, outgoing, assertively courageous disposition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When you have quarrelled, all his outgoings and incomings you know, as if you were his spy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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