outreached; outreaching; outreaches
Synonyms of outreach

transitive verb

1
a
: to surpass in reach
b
: exceed
the demand outreaches the supply
2
: to get the better of by trickery

intransitive verb

1
: to go too far
2
: to reach out
1
: the act of reaching out
2
: the extent or limit of reach
… in a sign of the campaign's wider outreach, $200,000 in contributions were made online.—David W. Chen
3
: the extending of services or assistance beyond current or usual limits
an outreach program
also : the extent of such services or assistance

Examples of outreach in a Sentence

Verb The singer's talent outreaches the dull songs she is asked to perform. Noun He is responsible for the campaign's outreach to college students.
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Noun
Such spending can help finance advertising, voter outreach and other campaign activities, giving major donors a significant financial presence in elections. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026 Hannah Damon, director of outreach and administration at Camp Amnicon Adventures and Retreats in South Range, Wisconsin, made the discovery while spending time with her son along the camp's sandy shoreline. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 In Ohio, America PAC is funding ads, text and phone outreach among other measures helping Republican Jon Husted against Democrat Sherrod Brown, according to FEC filings. — Luke Fountain,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 The county party has been employing several outreach methods to contact low-propensity voters and remind them to go to the polls. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outreach

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1568, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of outreach was circa 1568

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“Outreach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outreach. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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