outbound
adjective
out·bound
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Definition of outbound
: outward bound
outbound traffic
Examples of outbound in a Sentence
The airline has canceled all outbound flights.
Recent Examples on the Web
Other Florida airports with heavy inbound and outbound flight cancellations Tuesday, according to FlightAware: Fort Lauderdale International: 267. — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, "Tuesday travel trouble: 1,200+ flight cancellations as Hurricane Dorian approaches East Coast," 2 Sep. 2019 The partial resumption of operations follows several days of anti-government protests that culminated in the cancellation of hundreds of inbound and outbound flights at one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs. — Amy Gunia / Hong Kong, Time, "Flights Resume at Hong Kong Airport After a Violent Night of Protests," 14 Aug. 2019 The Chinese made up the biggest segment of foreign buyers, even though the $13.4 billion of purchases was down 56% from a year earlier, thanks to its weakening economy and government restrictions on outbound investments, according to the survey. — Los Angeles Times, "U.S. home sales to foreigners sink on strong dollar and Trump’s trade wars," 17 July 2019 In his new role, Hradil will be responsible for marketing all inbound and outbound frontline international repertoire to and from the US. — Hannah Malach, Billboard, "Executive Turntable: Moves at BMG, Warner Chappell Music, Audiomack & More," 2 Aug. 2019 Oumuamua, this mysterious object is now outbound from our solar system, already too far away for further telescopic scrutiny and traveling too fast for any current spacecraft to ever catch up. — Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, "European Comet Interceptor Could Visit an Interstellar Object," 24 June 2019 Extra Comfort passengers also get a kit on outbound flights from Hawaii to JFK. — Adrienne Jordan, USA TODAY, "Catching z's on a long flight? These US airlines provide amenity kits to help flyers relax," 2 July 2019 Because of weather in Indianapolis, our inbound and outbound flights were delayed. — Elliott Hester, latimes.com, "That flight attendant in a passenger seat? He's not on duty so leave him alone," 1 July 2019 Air traffic controllers at Ben Gurion can still provide full guidance to all outbound and inbound flights, the statement said, adding that at no stage was there a safety event relating to the GPS interruptions. — Amir Tal, Oren Liebermann And Andrew Carey, CNN, "Russia behind GPS failures over Ben Gurion airport, Israeli officials believe: Israeli radio," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outbound.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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outbound
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of outbound
: traveling away from a place : outward bound
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