outbound

US/ˈaʊtbaʊnd/

adjectiveB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #11,864 of 15,258leans written

Outbound means going out from a place. The outbound flight, outbound traffic, outbound freight.

It pairs with inbound and belongs to timetables, logistics and networks. In sales, outbound means approaching customers who have not asked, where inbound means responding to those who have. Note bound here means heading for, not tied.

Definitions of outbound

1adjectiveoutboundGoing out from a place.B2+
“The outbound train to the coast was packed with holidaymakers.”

outbound is a direction.

Where it comes from

Old English
bund-
Middle English
bound
English
bound
English, today
outbound

From out- + bound. bound comes from Middle English bound, bund and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden, from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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outbound in the wild

The web resource links out with outbound links and other web resources link back to it with backlinks.
Backlink
The two side platforms are staggered, with the outbound platform further west.
Brigham Circle station
Crosswalks across Huntington Avenue to the station are present at Brigham Circle (to the outbound platform), between the two platforms, and at Wigglesworth Street (to the inbound platform).
Brigham Circle station
The outbound orbital period is about 2,516 years.
C/1961 R1 (Humason)
Behind the platform for outbound trains is a bay platform, used for the trains on the west side of Oslo which terminate at Majorstuen.
Majorstuen station

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Related words

the bund- family

bound

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