outingnoun
uk/ˈaʊ.tɪŋ/us/ˈaʊ.t̬ɪŋ/outing noun (JOURNEY)
[ C ] a short journey made by a group of people, usually for pleasure or education:
Every year the professor takes her students on an outing to the archives of the Library of Congress.
UK Rosie's going on a class/school outing to the Wildlife Park.
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
- travelling
- trip
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outing noun (MADE PUBLIC)
[ C or U ] an occasion when it is made public that a famous person is gay when he or she wanted to keep this information private:
There have been several outings of well-known movie stars recently.