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outgoing
[ out-goh-ing -goh- ]
adjective
- going out; departing:
outgoing trains.
- leaving or retiring from a position or office:
A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.
- addressed and ready for posting:
outgoing mail.
- of or relating to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises:
outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.
- interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable:
an outgoing personality.
noun
- Usually outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.
- the act of going out:
The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.
- something that goes out; effluence:
an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.
outgoing
/ ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ /
adjective
- departing; leaving
- leaving or retiring from office
the outgoing chairman
- friendly and sociable
noun
- the act of going out
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Once again, it will take a Democratic president and Congress to fix the economic mess created by the outgoing Republican administration.
Now, with programmatic ad rates rebounding, outgoing CEO Jim Egan is optimistic about the prospect of ad-funded news.
It is made up of three layers to filter incoming and outgoing particles.
It's a much faster car to build than the outgoing model, with a stiffer chassis and sharper panel creases.
He said that letter carriers returning with outgoing mail at the end of their routes usually handed them straight to mail sorters on overtime, he said.
Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.
Sabrine was the outgoing, sociable type, and had many friends, while Ziad was shy and a little more introverted.
Meet the outgoing Michigan Republican congressman who switched his vote and kept the government funded Thursday.
But the President could easily reposition it as a friendly “pro-gun rights” gesture by outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder.
In the midst of these efforts, she was raising identical twin sons, Julian—“the reserved one” and Joaquin—“the outgoing one.”
On the fancied outgoing, the observer would pass the interval between the sun and the earth in about eight minutes.
As it was, for some reason they could not ascertain, the outgoing train was over an hour late in starting.
There is certainly a marked distinction between the oaths of the outgoing and incoming creeds.
And something within me, something passionate surrendered myself to it, and was borne away upon it as by an outgoing tide.
She herself had been most carefully trained concerning manners of incoming and outgoing.
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