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Definition of outing noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

outing

noun
 
 
/ˈaʊtɪŋ/
 
/ˈaʊtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [countable] a trip that you go on for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than one day synonym excursion
    • a family outing
    • on an outing (to…) We went on an outing to London.
    • outing to… Every year she organized an outing to the countryside.
    Synonyms triptripjourney ▪ tour ▪ expedition ▪ excursion ▪ outing ▪ day outThese are all words for an act of travelling to a place.trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:
    • a business trip
    • a five-minute trip by taxi
    journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:
    • a long and difficult journey across the mountains
     trip or journey?A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be: a trip to New York • a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys. tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited:
    • a tour of Bavaria
    expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known:
    • the first expedition to the South Pole
    excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people:
    • We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
    outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day:
    • The children were on a day’s outing from school.
    day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure:
    • We had a day out at the beach.
    Patterns
    • a(n) foreign/​overseas trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition
    • a bus/​coach/​train/​rail trip/​journey/​tour
    • to go on a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion/​outing/​day out
    • to set out/​off on a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion
    • to make a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion
    Extra Examples
    • We're going on an outing tomorrow.
    • The children were on a day's outing from school.
    Topics Holidaysc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • special
    • day’s
    • …
    verb + outing
    • arrange
    • plan
    • enjoy
    • …
    preposition
    • on outing
    • outing from
    • outing to
    • …
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  2. [countable] (sport, informal) an occasion when somebody takes part in a competition
  3. [uncountable, countable] the practice of naming people as gay or lesbian in public, when they would prefer to keep this information private
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of going out or of expelling’): from the verb out + -ing.
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