inbound

CEFRC1

/ˈɪnbaʊnd/

adjective · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Moving toward a place or destination.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    An inbound shipment.

Examples

  • Everyone in Hawaii received an emergency alert that a ballistic missile was inbound.

  • In some stations the inbound and outbound platforms are not connected.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. To pass a ball inbounds; to throw the ball in.

  2. Coming in, heading inwards

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A basketball throw-in.

More examples

In context

  • Smith inbounds the ball to Johnson.

  • Taunton station is busy - even more so when the inbound working of my Bristol train arrives, laden with the usual mix of 'staycationers' and locals.

Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The airport control tower directed the blank flight to land on runway three.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From in + bound.