noun
Meaning 1
A pleasure trip or excursion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
outing
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/ˈaʊtɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
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noun
Meaning 3
The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.
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noun
Meaning 4
The act of revealing somebody as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of out
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
a journey taken for pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: journey, journeying
Narrower terms: airing, field trip
noun
Meaning 7
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: field day, picnic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vacation, holiday
History
Etymology
From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey").
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: излет (izlet) — excursion
- Catalan: forada — excursion
- Catalan: xala — excursion
- French: excursion — excursion
- French: randonnée — excursion
- German: Ausflug — excursion
- German: Exkursion — excursion
- Hebrew: אָאוּטִינְג (áuting) — excursion
- Hungarian: kirándulás — excursion
- Hungarian: kiruccanás — excursion
- Hungarian: kimozdulás — excursion
- Hungarian: séta — excursion
- Luxembourgish: Ausfluch — excursion
- Spanish: exida — excursion
- Bulgarian: изява (izjava) — appearance in public
- German: Auftritt — appearance in public
- Hungarian: szereplés — appearance in public
- Hungarian: fellépés — appearance in public
- Hungarian: megjelenés — appearance in public
- Hungarian: jelenés — appearance in public
- Chinese Mandarin: 幫人出櫃 /帮人出柜 (bāngrénchūguì) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Chinese Mandarin: 替人出櫃 /替人出柜 (tìrénchūguì) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Esperanto: elŝrankiĝo — public revelation of homosexuality
- French: outing — public revelation of homosexuality
- Georgian: აუთინგი (autingi) — public revelation of homosexuality
- German: Outing — public revelation of homosexuality
- Hebrew: אָאוּטִינְג (áuting) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Indonesian: dilela — public revelation of homosexuality
- Japanese: アウティング (autingu) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Korean: 아웃팅 (aut'ting) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Macedonian: аутинг (auting) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Norwegian: oute — public revelation of homosexuality
- Polish: outing — public revelation of homosexuality
- Russian: а́утинг (áuting) — public revelation of homosexuality
- Serbo-Croatian: autanje — public revelation of homosexuality
- Swedish: outande — public revelation of homosexuality
- Ukrainian: а́утинг (áutynh) — public revelation of homosexuality
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