outreach

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: out=reach

CIDE DICTIONARY

outreach, v. t. 

 To reach beyond.  [1913 Webster]

outreach, n. 

•  The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections from one person or group to another; as, the Police Department insituted a community outreach program.  [PJC]
•  The extension of assistance or services to persons or groups not previously served.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

outreach, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 reach further than.
2 surpass.
3 poet. stretch out (one's arms etc.).
--n.
1 a any organization's involvement with or influence in the community, esp. in the context of social welfare. b the extent of this.
2 the extent or length of reaching out (an outreach of 38 metres).

THESAURUS

outreach

bamboozle, be lengthy, be prolonged, beguile, belong, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, crane, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, extend, extend out, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outclass, outdo, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outgo, outguess, outjump, outleap, outmaneuver, outmarch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outrange, outride, outrival, outrun, outshine, outsmart, outstep, outstretch, outstrip, outvie, outwit, overjump, overleap, overmatch, overplay, overreach, override, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over, reach out, snow, sprawl, stand on tiptoes, stonewall, straggle, stretch, stretch out, string along, take in, trick, two-time, undo, victimize

ROGET THESAURUS

outreach

Deception

VB deceive, take in, defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize, abuse, mystify, blind one's eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, throw dust into the eyes, dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle, trick, impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon, snatch a verdict, bluff off, bluff, bunko, four flush, gum, spoof, stuff (a ballot box), circumvent, overreach, outreach, out wit, out maneuver, steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle, entrap, intrap, ensnare, nick, springe, set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for, bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime, trapan, trepan, kidnap, let in, hook in, nousle, nousel, blind a trail, enmesh, immesh, shanghai, catch, catch in a trap, sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity, hum, humbug, gammon, stuff up, sell, play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on, balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale, fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand, make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of, trifle with, cajole, flatter, come over, gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon, dissemble, cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck, live by one's wits, play at hide and seek, obtain money under false pretenses, conjure, juggle, practice chicanery, deacon, play off, palm off, foist off, fob-off, lie, misinform, mislead, betray, be deceived.