westbound
adjective
west·bound
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Definition of westbound
: traveling or heading west
Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Interstate 595 Express Lanes will operate in the westbound direction until Hurricane Dorian has passed. — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, "Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach County airports to stop flights Monday; tolls lifted on some Florida roads," 2 Sep. 2019 Drivers can use the Chambers Road exit (Exit 283) and return to the westbound direction of I-70, CDOT said. — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, "Overnight closures for I-225 on-ramp in Aurora begin next week," 28 Aug. 2019 Police shut down westbound Balboa Avenue at Moraga Avenue and the northbound Morena Boulevard onramp to westbound Garnet Avenue due to the brush fire. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Firefighters extinguish brush fire that closed traffic lanes in Bay Ho area," 27 Aug. 2019 The pursuit started when a CHP officer in Dublin recognized a silver Chevrolet Impala driving erratically on westbound I-580. — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, "CHP officer shoots at suspect at end of police chase on I-580 in Oakland," 27 Aug. 2019 July 2 The flight plan Kupang (PORT.) June 28 After a westbound attempt in March that failed with a crash in Hawaii, Earhart decided on an eastbound route that would cover nearly 29,000 miles. — National Geographic, "‘Tantalizing clue’ marks end of Amelia Earhart expedition," 26 Aug. 2019 One staff member told me this was the train’s first westbound trip on a new schedule that took us through the Rockies in daylight. — Los Angeles Times, "On Canada’s Via Rail, a return to the older — and let’s be honest, better — way of traveling," 17 Aug. 2019 The closure is needed to safely allow crews to resurface westbound I-94 from I-96 to Wyoming Avenue. — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, "Construction to close parts of I-94, I-696, M-10, Rochester Road this weekend," 16 Aug. 2019 The ramp from westbound U.S. 60 to eastbound I-10 also will close. — Chris Coppola, azcentral, "Portion of I-10 to shutdown this weekend in southeast Valley," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'westbound.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for westbound
westbound
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of westbound
: going toward the west
See the full definition for westbound in the English Language Learners Dictionary
westbound
adjective
west·bound
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Kids Definition of westbound
: going west
a westbound train