outreach

4 definitions found

outreach - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Outreach \Out*reach"\, v. t.
     To reach beyond.
     [1913 Webster]

  outreach \outreach\ n.
     1. The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections
        from one person or group to another; as, the Police
        Department insituted a community outreach program.
        [PJC]
  
     2. The extension of assistance or services to persons or
        groups not previously served.
        [PJC]

outreach - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  outreach
      n 1: the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the
           human spirit"

outreach - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "outreach":
     bamboozle, be lengthy, be prolonged, beguile, belong, betray,
     bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, crane, deceive,
     delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, extend,
     extend out, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around,
     get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull,
     hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock,
     outclass, outdo, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outgo,
     outguess, outjump, outleap, outmaneuver, outmarch, outpace,
     outperform, outplay, outpoint, outrange, outride, outrival, outrun,
     outshine, outsmart, outstep, outstretch, outstrip, outvie, outwit,
     overjump, overleap, overmatch, overplay, overreach, override,
     pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over,
     reach out, snow, sprawl, stand on tiptoes, stonewall, straggle,
     stretch, stretch out, string along, take in, trick, two-time, undo,
     victimize