outgoing

[ out-goh-ing -goh- ]

adjective

1. going out; departing:

   outgoing trains.

2. leaving or retiring from a position or office:

   A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.

3. addressed and ready for posting:

   outgoing mail.

4. of or relating to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises:

   outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.

5. interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable:

   an outgoing personality.

noun

1. Usually outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.
2. the act of going out:

   The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.

3. something that goes out; effluence:

   an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.

outgoing

/ ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ /

adjective

1. departing; leaving
2. leaving or retiring from office

   the outgoing chairman

3. friendly and sociable

noun

1. the act of going out

Word History and Origins

Origin of outgoing¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English (gerund); out- + going

Example Sentences

Polymarket said the FBI raid was "obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election."

From Salon

In the just-ended campaign, Trump also hammered the outgoing administration — first President Biden, and then Vice President Kamala Harris when she took up the fight after Biden dropped out — over the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2022 after the Taliban takeover, insisting that those who oversaw the pullout should have been fired.

From Los Angeles Times

A number of US Republicans have attacked the deal, which has been backed by the outgoing Biden government, although Trump himself has not commented publicly on it.

From BBC

Senate Republicans are due to vote on a new leader on Wednesday - the day that Trump is also expected to visit the outgoing president, Joe Biden, at the White House as part of the traditional transfer of power.

From BBC

The outgoing chairperson, Chad's former Prime Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat, was content to be a trader in the political bazaar of the Trump-Biden years.

From BBC