Outward-bound (Adjective)
Meaning
That is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The airline has scheduled several outward-bound flights from New York to Los Angeles for this morning.
- Outward-bound passengers must clear customs before boarding the plane.
- She watched the outward-bound ships disappearing into the distance on the horizon.
- As an outward-bound journey it took 30 days by sailing vessel to reach Australia.
- We'll take the outward-bound ferry from Hong Kong to Macau for our vacation.