Definition of Outbound

1. Adjective. That is going out or leaving. "Outward-bound ships"

Exact synonyms: Outward, Outward-bound
Similar to: Outgoing

Definition of Outbound

1. a. Outward bound.

Definition of Outbound

1. Adjective. Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound. ¹

2. Noun. (context: logistics) An outbound shipment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outbound

1. outward bound [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbound

outbluffs
outblush
outblushed
outblushes
outblushing
outboard
outboard motor
outboard motorboat
outboards
outboast
outboasted
outboasting
outboasts
outborn
outbought
outbound (current term)
outbow
outbowed
outbowing
outbowl
outbowled
outbowling
outbowls
outbows
outbox
outboxed
outboxes
outboxing
outbrag

Literary usage of Outbound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"5 NYC & St.LRR, Inbound and outbound. 6 Erie RR, Inbound and outbound. 7 GTWRy., Inbound. ... 31 ICRR, Inbound and outbound. 32 MCRR, Inbound and outbound. ..."

2. Ocean Steamship Traffic Management by Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1920)
"outbound FREIGHT TRAFFIC MANAGER The official immediately under the General Freight Traffic Manager in charge of outbound freight, who may be the Assistant ..."

3. Joint Report with Comprehensive Plan and Recommendations by William Russell Willcox (1920)
"plated is such that they will accommodate the expected normal 1929 tonnage inbound and outbound in a 10-hour day, while the extreme peak loads can be taken ..."

4. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"PRINCIPLES COVERING DESIGN OF INBOUND AND outbound. ... When these ore provided the outbound house should be narrow, not more than 30 feet wide, ..."

5. The ISDN Consultant: A Stress-Free Guide to High-Speed Communications by Robert E. Lee (1997)
"Inbound and outbound The first distinction the telephone industry makes on calling services is whether they are inbound, outbound or both. ..."

6. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"At outbound houses tlio situation is different, for cars must ordinarily remain at ... An outbound freight house should be so located with reference to the ..."

7. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"Papers of the (outbound) Receiving Clerk's Office.—The cargo from the Saluda, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, has now been discharged and delivered or ..."

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