单词 | outreach |
释义 | outreachn. 1. The extent or length to which something reaches out. Also figurative: the area or extent of influence; scope. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching reachingOE reach1570 protension1616 outreaching1902 outreach1965 1853 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 51 Beneath the weird sleepless forest, under the glory of stars at night, or on the wild outreach of ocean. 1893 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 252 No subject has come up in New Hampshire with a larger outreach, or that more requires far-sighted men to handle it properly. 1941 F. Matthiessen Amer. Renaissance iii. ii. 114 That has caught Browne's ability to take the familiar and to give it an unexpected outreach. 1965 R. B. Oram Cargo Handling i. 15 The management should have, ready for hire, cranes that may provide an outreach of 38 metres, as are to be found in Rotterdam. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Mar. a1 The chairman of another leading domestic copper company is less sanguine about oil's outreach. 2. a. The action of reaching out. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > organization's involvement in community outreach1859 1859 H. B. Stowe Minister's Wooing xvii. 121 His mind and life were a constant channel of outreach through which her soul held converse with the active and stirring world. 1884 P. Brooks New Starts in Life v. 80 What a different thing this life and this outreach toward man becomes. 1901 A. A. Whitman Idyl of South i. 81 No priest was there to formal prayers recite..Nor aim with outreach of an earthly rite, To put ajar the baffling gates of death. 1977 M. Wiles in J. Hick Myth of God Incarnate viii. 162 In his attitudes towards other men his life was a parable of the loving outreach of God to the world. b. spec. The activity of an organization in making contact and fostering relations with people unconnected with it, esp. for the purpose of support or education and for increasing awareness of the organization's aims or message; the fact or extent of this activity. ΚΠ 1899 19th Cent. Sept. 456 We met many who discovered at once the fundamental principles of sympathy outreach and information underlying and mellowing each department of the Congress. 1918 J. Clarke Japan at First Hand i. 8 In its natural outreach to control its own trade at home, and under its great necessity to make new trade abroad..it pushes on serenely. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 67/2 Part of the problem is the area of outreach and home visits—in other words, leaving our offices to treat the elderly. 2001 N.Y. Times 6 May xiv. 4/4 We will also be doing outreach and education about the reef restoration. Compounds General attributive (in sense 2b). ΚΠ 1967 Stud. Family Planning 1 11/1 This achievement would create the conditions necessary for serious testing and development of innovative outreach programs designed to inform those who experience the greatest difficulty in adopting family planning. 1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 6 Apr. 18 A kid with a series of problems is far more likely to put his trust in a YMCA outreach worker than he is a Welfare Department caseworker. 1993 Museum Internat. No. 4. 31/3 The mandate to promote art education..resulted in the Virginia Museum developing one of the most extensive education and outreach programmes in the United States. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outreachv.ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another i-taechec888 outreacheOE sellc950 beteacha1000 areachc1000 turnc1175 handsellc1225 betakec1250 deliverc1300 beken1330 yielda1382 disposec1384 resigna1387 livera1400 to turn overa1425 deputea1440 overgive1444 quit?c1450 surrend1450 surrender1466 renderc1480 to give over1483 despose1485 refer1547 to pass over1560 to set over1585 behight1590 tip1610 consign1632 delegate1633 skink1637 to hand over1644 delate1651 to turn off1667 to turn in1822 eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) v. §3. 52 Gif he self his wæpno his gefan utræcan wille, gehealden hi hine xxx nihta. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 1212 (MED) Þe Jewes..þe comelich kyng þe keyes out rauȝten [v.r. delyueryd]. 1872 ‘R. W. Buchanan’ St. Abe & Seven Wives ii. vi. 149 Unto my Widows I outreach my property completely. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > go too far overdoa1325 outreacha1400 overreacha1568 to overshoot the mark1583 to shoot over1605 overact1611 to outrun the constable1631 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 6295 (MED) Ofte fro him þei dud oute reche [a1400 Vesp. soght vtrak; a1400 Gött. made vtrake] wherfore ofte þei fonde his wreche. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 46 A Prince that knew how to set a full value upon Churchmen,..and it may be, did somewhat outreach in that course. 3. Chiefly poetic. a. transitive. To extend, outstretch. Also figurative.In quot. ?1440 in passive: to be distended outwards. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > stretch out stretchc900 astretchc1000 i-stretchec1000 thinc1000 to-tightc1200 reacha1300 spreada1382 extendc1386 to lay outa1400 streeka1400 outstretcha1425 rekea1425 stentc1430 outreach?1440 inch out1878 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 702 (MED) Take oxon yonge..Yshildred wide is good, an huge breste, No litel wombe, and wel out raught [L. porrectis] the side. 1594 Sc. Metrical Psalms cxxxvi. vi Yea, he the heauy charge Of all the earth did streache, And on the waters large The same he did out reache. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 149 Nectar ran In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd. 1822 J. Neal Logan II. viii. 267 He outreached his arms to her, as she fled. 1881 J. L. Robertson Orellana 253 Morning is flashing from a glorious sun On the broad shoulders of the giant fells That outreach arms across the narrow dells. 1891 E. Arnold Light of World vi. 287 Her white arms wide outraught. 1923 J. Miller Poet. Wks. 487 The long, lean Polar bear uprose, Outreached a paw, a bare, black nose. 1991 Signs, Slogans & Cheers in alt.activism (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Jan. He was standing with his hands outreached—the sign designer had painted his hands in blood. b. intransitive. To reach or stretch out. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > reach (to) > reach after, out, or up ream1689 outreach1801 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. viii. 109 They stood with earnest eyes And arms out-reaching, when again The darkness closed around them. 1868 W. Barnes Clouds in Poems Rural Life 100 Some like rocks, and towers of stone, Or hills, or woods, outreaching wide. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 133 Hand outreaching to hold him, and spear uplifted to smite! 1929 E. S. Ames Religion ii. 25 There is still present here the influence of Mill's old association psychology according to which the emotions and desires are not spontaneously outreaching toward the ideal object. 1998 Church Times 25 Oct. 13/1 I thought it was important that I would outreach in a generous and loving way to them. 4. a. transitive. To reach or extend beyond; to exceed in reach; (figurative) to surpass, exceed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) transcenda1340 exceedc1374 overwenda1375 overpassa1382 passc1390 to pass beyond ——1429 outreacha1568 overlash1581 pretergress1583 outrun1589 overslipa1592 surpass1592 to step over ——1599 outstep?1611 outstrip1612 overrun1612 outpass1635 pose1636 over-burst1856 overact1858 overstride1925 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > exceed or extend beyond passa1387 surmount1502 surpassa1555 transcend1559 outreacha1568 surreach1606 paragona1616 outsweepa1729 overjump1877 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] overstyeOE overshinec1175 overgoc1225 passc1225 surmountc1369 forpassc1374 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 to pass overa1393 overcomec1400 outpass?a1425 exceedc1425 precedec1425 superexcelc1429 transcendc1430 precel?a1439 outcut1447 overgrowc1475 to come over ——a1479 excel1493 overleapa1500 vanquish1533 outweigh1534 prevent1540 better1548 preferc1550 outgo1553 surpassa1555 exsuperate1559 cote1566 overtop1567 outrun1575 outstrip1579 outsail1580 overruna1586 pre-excel1587 outbid1589 outbrave1589 out-cote1589 top1590 outmatch1593 outvie1594 superate1595 surbravec1600 oversile1608 over-height1611 overstride1614 outdoa1616 outlustrea1616 outpeera1616 outstrikea1616 outrival1622 antecede1624 out-top1624 antecell1625 out-pitch1627 over-merit1629 outblazea1634 surmatch1636 overdoa1640 overact1643 outact1644 worst1646 overspana1657 outsoar1674 outdazzle1691 to cut down1713 ding1724 to cut out1738 cap1821 by-pass1848 overtower1850 pretergress1851 outray1876 outreach1879 cut1884 outperform1937 outrate1955 one-up1963 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. to Rdr. I found the site so good..but the making so costlie, outreaching my habilitie. 1598 R. Carew Herrings Tayle l. 91 Whereon, burden to the earth, and enuie to the skye, Of Iacynth fiue, outreach the compasse of the eye. 1621 T. Middleton Entertainment at Bunhill in Honorable Entertainments sig. B5v Their Ayme is still Perfection, to outreach, And goe beyond each other. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 385 This..may seeme to outreach that fact, and to exceed the regular distinctions of murder. View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II (ed. 2) II. vii. 173 It puzzles my conceit, and out-reaches my wonder. 1738 S. Boyse Poems i. 139 The different Passions, which our Lives employ, Outreach our Footsteps, and forbid the Joy. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. Pref. p. xxii If a Man has length enough of Sense to outreach all about him, by a Yard and a Half; He is, by a Yard and Half, wiser than all his Neighbours. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. xvi. 291 By Heaven, I hate him so much—for he has outreached me every way. 1879 P. Brooks Infl. of Jesus ii. 131 He..did a larger work which has far outreached the Jewish people. 1903 J. London Call of Wild i. 20 He had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. 1960 W. Connely Louis Sullivan viii. 115 It was Martin Roche..who not only caused the word skyscraper to be repeated louder, but who outreached Root in being ‘first’. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 517 In ‘The Caliph's Design’..Lewis's far-reaching syntheses outreach his grasp. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of undergoa1325 circumvene1526 crossbitec1555 circumvent1564 gleek1577 outreach1579 fob1583 overreach1594 fub1600 encompassa1616 out-craftya1616 out-knave1648 mump1649 jockey1708 come1721 nail1735 slew1813 Jew1825 to sew up1837 to play (it) low down (on)1864 outfox1872 beat1873 outcraft1879 to get a beat on1889 old soldier1892 to put one over1905 to get one over on1912 to get one over1921 outsmart1926 shaft1959 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 209 Fabius..was outreached, & deceyued by Hannibals fine stratageame of his oxen. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 72 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks O thou Proteus, thou knowest thy selfe, thou knowest, Ne is it [granted] t'any man t'outreach thee by deceipt. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iv. sig. H4v The man Of cunning is out-reacht: wee must be safe. 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 47 The Doctor hath outreached him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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