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southbound

[ south-bound ]

adjective

  1. traveling southward.
  2. pertaining to southward travel.


southbound

/ ˈsaʊθˌbaʊnd /

adjective

  1. going or leading towards the south


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Word History and Origins

Origin of southbound1

First recorded in 1880–85; south + -bound 2

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Example Sentences

Police believe that Graham then proceeded southbound, toward the Charlottesville Downtown Mall.

Southbound Route 95 congestion is expected to increase, so we recommend that drivers consider alternate routes.

With this incentive no automobilist north or southbound should omit San Gimignano or Volterra from his itinerary.

A southbound car was swinging down to them, not a block distant.

I only knew we were southbound, and at long last I might fairly consider myself to be the shuttlecock of fortune.

Your train southbound starts just ten minutes before mine leaves for New York.

But, the southbound traffic would be permitted to run in the southbound lanes?

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