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View synonyms for outward-bound
outward-bound
1[ out-werd-bound ]
adjective
- headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports:
We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
Outward Bound
2noun
- a play (1923) by Sutton Vane.
Outward Bound
noun
- (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
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Word History and Origins
Origin of outward-bound1
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences
The Governor and his council were vested with the power of laying an embargo upon outward bound vessels.
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Owing to this, the return voyage does not admit of being described so accurately as the outward bound.
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A clang of bells and the hooting of an outward-bound liner came up from the city and the port.
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Every outward-bound boat had its flag flying at the jack-staff, and sometimes a duplicate on the verge staff astern.
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I saw them picked up, with my own eyes, and by what appeared to me to be an outward-bound West Indiaman.
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