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# outing

«outing» in Mova's school dictionary: **A short trip out for fun, often with a group, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an outing, outings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A short trip out for fun, often with a group, such as a class going to a zoo or museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#m1)

2) A walk or ride out of the house, even a small one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#m2)

3) A time when a player or team takes part in a game or race: "his first outing for the team". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#m3)

4) The act of telling everyone a secret about someone, such as who they love, without their permission; this is unkind and can hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school life a class outing is a trip away from the classroom, with permission slips, packed lunches and a teacher counting heads. In stories an outing often starts the adventure or goes wrong. In sport news "outing" means one appearance or game. Phrases: a school outing, a family outing, go on an outing, a day outing.

### examples

- Our class outing to the science museum is on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x1)
- Remember to bring your permission slip for the outing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x2)
- Grandad's Sunday outing is a walk to the park and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x3)
- The family outing to the beach was ruined by rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x4)
- It was the goalkeeper's first outing since his injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x5)
- The teacher counted us twice before the outing began. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x6)
- Telling everyone her secret was a cruel outing, and she cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/#x7)

### note

Countable noun: an outing, two outings. Not the same as "outting" (no such word). In UK English a school "trip" and a school "outing" mean much the same; in the USA "field trip" is common. In a maths problem about an outing, look for how many children, buses or tickets there are.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.