OUTREACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outreach mean? 

• OUTREACH (noun)
  The noun OUTREACH has 1 sense:

1. the act of reaching out

  Familiarity information: OUTREACH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTREACH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of reaching out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the outreach toward truth of the human spirit

Hypernyms ("outreach" is a kind of...):

reach; reaching; stretch (the act of physically reaching or thrusting out)

 Context examples 

Comprehensive Cancer Centers must also conduct activities in outreach and education, and provide information on advances in health care for both health care professionals and the public.

(NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

The NCCC provides outreach support to cervical cancer patients and family members.

(National Cervical Cancer Coalition, NCI Thesaurus)

Outreach programs for the recruitment of women and members of minority groups as subjects in projects of clinical research.

(Gender/Minority Enrollment, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): A group of cancer centers with outreach clinics forming a loose confederation for research purposes.

(Cooperative Group Member, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A primary objective is to integrate scientific research and clinical programs with community outreach activities to local populations in Detroit.

(Barbara Ann Karmano Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus)

The mission of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer through innovative basic science, clinical research, patient care, community outreach, and the training of cancer specialists of the future.

(Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)