outreach

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Noun

outreach (plural outreaches)

1. The act or practice of visiting and providing the services (of a charity or other organization) to people who might not otherwise have access to those services.
2. The extent or length of something.

Synonyms

• (extent): extent, length

Translations

act of reaching out to another

Portuguese: extensão (pt) f.

Serbo-Croatian: dosezanje (sh), dohvaćanje (sh)

extent or length

Portuguese: extensão (pt) f.

Serbo-Croatian: doseg (sh), dohvat (sh)

practice of visiting and providing services of an organisation to people

Portuguese: extensão universitária/comunitária (pt) f.

Simplified Chinese: 推广 Spanish: extensión (es) f.

Verb

outreach (third-person singular simple present outreaches, present participle outreaching, simple past and past participle outreached)

1. To reach further than; to surpass or exceed; to go too far.
2. To provide charitable services to people who would otherwise not have access to those services.

Synonyms

• (reach further than):
• (exceed): See exceed
• (reach out): extend, outstretch, reach out, stretch, stretch out
• (go too far): go overboard, overdo it, overstretch oneself

Translations

reach out

Serbo-Croatian: dosegnuti (sh), dohvatiti (sh)

Spanish: exceder (es), sobrepasar (es)

go too far

Italian: esagerare (it)

Serbo-Croatian: pretjerati (sh)

reach further than

Serbo-Croatian: premašiti (sh)

surpass, exceed See exceed