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noun

outreach

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noun
1
Efforts by an organization to connect with and provide services to people in the community.
"The charity runs an outreach program for homeless teenagers."
"Her job involves community outreach and public education."

How to Use Outreach

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishActivities aimed at reaching and helping people, usually run by a charity, church, or organization.

Common pairings
community outreach outreach program outreach worker

Word Forms

outreached past tense, outreaches plural, outreaches singular

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Etymology

Built from out- + reach — literally "a reaching out."

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