Standard Lemma guide

outbound

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈaʊtbaʊnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Spanish: saliente — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: egresante — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: de ida — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: de salida — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: con salida — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: exiente — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: salir — leaving or departing
  • Spanish: yente — leaving or departing
  • Thai: ขาออก — leaving or departing
  • Turkish: giden — leaving or departing
  • Turkish: gitmekte olan — leaving or departing
  • Welsh: allan — leaving or departing
Real reading context

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