outbound

adjective

out·​bound ˈau̇t-ˌbau̇nd How to pronounce outbound (audio)
: outward bound
outbound traffic

Examples of outbound in a Sentence

The airline has canceled all outbound flights.
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Brown was arrested on the outbound LYNX blue line platform at the station where the stabbing was reported. Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025 Officers recovered a folding knife near the outbound light rail platform, the affidavit said. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Chevron spokesman Sean Comey told CalMatters that the refinery paused the flow of outbound product pipelines from the refinery the night of the incident, but restarted them after three hours. Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025 With outbound international travel by Americans continuing to grow, that imbalance may persist, even as domestic travel remains stable. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outbound

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of outbound was in 1598

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“Outbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outbound. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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outbound

adjective
out·​bound ˈau̇t-ˌbau̇nd How to pronounce outbound (audio)
: outward bound
outbound traffic

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