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   Out·ing

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   noun

   • 1. a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less: "they would go on family outings to the movies" Similar tripexcursionjauntexpeditionpleasure tripday tripday outtourmystery tourairingdriveriderunturncruisesallyinformal:junketspintootlejoyridetoolhurl
   • ▪ a brief journey from home: "her daily outing to the stores"
   • ▪ an appearance in something, as an athletic event or show: informal "her first screen outing in three years"
   • 2. the act or practice of revealing the homosexuality of a person: "LGBT organizations strongly condemn the outing of a transgender person before they are ready to tell their own story" Similar exposureunmaskinguncoveringrevelationexposé

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of going out or of expelling’): from the verb out + -ing1.

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   What does outing mean?

   • Outing definition: a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like. See examples of OUTING used in a sentence.

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   What does a senior outing mean?

   • a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like: the annual outing for the senior class. a public appearance, as by a participant in an athletic contest or event: The new player scored spectacularly in his second outing with the team.

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   What is an example of an outing?

   • An outing is a short trip, especially one that takes no longer than a day. For example, you might ask your pal if he'd like to go on an outing to the zoo. A summer outing might be a picnic or a day at the beach, while a winter outing could consist of a hike in the snow or a shopping trip and lunch at a restaurant.

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   What does out mean in English?

   • late Middle English (in the sense 'the action of going out or of expelling'): from the verb out + -ing 1. a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.

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   noun. a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like: the annual outing for the senior class. Synonyms: jaunt. a public appearance, as by a participant in an athletic contest or event: The new player scored spectacularly in his second outing with the team.

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   Other forms: outings. An outing is a short trip, especially one that takes no longer than a day. For example, you might ask your pal if he'd like to go on an outing to the zoo. A summer outing might be a picnic or a day at the beach, while a winter outing could consist of a hike in the snow or a shopping trip and lunch at a restaurant.

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   outing. noun. /ˈaʊtɪŋ/. /ˈaʊtɪŋ/. [countable] a trip that you go on for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than one day synonym excursion. a family outing. on an outing (to…) We went on an outing to London. outing to….