adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈaʊtbaʊnd/
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CMU ARPABET:AW1 T B AW2 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An outbound shipment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: logistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
that is going out or leaving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the departing train
an outward journey
outward-bound ships
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outward, outward-bound
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English bound English outbound From out- + bound.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
出境的
(chūjìng de)
— leaving or departing
Czech:
odcházející
— leaving or departing
Czech:
odchozí
— leaving or departing
Finnish:
lähtevä
— leaving or departing
German:
hinausgehend
— leaving or departing
German:
herausgehend
— leaving or departing
Russian:
исходя́щий
(isxodjáščij)
— leaving or departing