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Outing Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Outing has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a journey taken for pleasure

"many summer excursions to the shore"

"it was merely a pleasure trip"

"after cautious sashays into the field"

2

a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

"The whole team celebrated their promotion by going on a hiking outing in the mountains."

3

A pleasure trip or excursion.

"The whole family is planning a picnic outing to the beach this weekend."

Verb
1

present participle of out

"The stormy weather forced us to call off our camping outing until next weekend."

Example Sentences
"many summer excursions to the shore" noun
"it was merely a pleasure trip" noun
"after cautious sashays into the field" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
journey vacation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
airing field trip
Rhyming Words
ing ging ying sing ling xing ting zing fing hing qing ving ring jing ping king ning oing ding ming
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