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Definition: Outbound |
OutboundAdjective1. That is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outbound" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references) |
Synonyms: OutboundSynonyms: departing(a) (adj), outward (adj), outward-bound (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Outbound |
| Specialty definitions using "outbound": air-freight agent ♦ CARGO AGENT, customer service agent ♦ outbound matrix highways ♦ Port Address Translation ♦ quick search procedure ♦ signal-tower operator, SUPERVISOR, CAR AND YARD ♦ teletype-telegrapher, TOWER OPERATOR ♦ YARD MANAGER. (references) |
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 | An outbound ship passes under Verrazano Narrows Bridge as a NOAA modified catamaran takes mobile current profiles with an acoustic data collection platform (ADCP). Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Outbound off Cape Henry, Virginia, en route to Brest, France, in 1918. Her lifeboats are rigged for the war zone. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Outbound trunk line. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Business | Summer is the high season for domestic and outbound travel. (references) | |
The Czech Republic continues to be an interesting partner for outbound tourism. (references) | ||
The share of business travel of the total outbound travel was about 20 percent. (references) | ||
Economic History | Italy | Italy has a high percentage of outbound travelers. (references) |
Colombia | Total outbound air cargo during the same year amounted to 250,000 tons. (references) | |
Poland | The last decade witnessed a fivefold growth in national outbound tourism. (references) | |
Political Economy | BANGLADESH | Outbound foreign investment by Bangladeshi nationals requires government approval and must support export activities. (references) |
Trade | Thailand | Outbound re-shipment of products involves no duties . (references) |
Pakistan | The customs authorities will, however, inspect outbound baggage to ensure that no banned/restricted item is taken out of the country as accompanied personal baggage. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | Although passports are required, visas are not required for American tourist or business visitors, or those in-transit, who wish to remain in Korea for up to 30 days and hold outbound tickets. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Outbound" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.35% of the time. "Outbound" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.35% | 95 | 33,629 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.81% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.88% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.96% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 104 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "outbound": outbound matrix highways ♦ outbound track. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "outbound"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i drejtuar për nga jashtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тръгващ на далечно пътуване, тръгващ на далечно плаване, подлежащ на натоварване, подлежащ на експедиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 向外去. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udstraalende trafik (outbound traffic, outward traffic), udgaaende trafik (outbound traffic, outward traffic), udgående-matrix timingbusser (outbound matrix timing buses), udgående matrix-TDM-busser (outbound matrix highways), udgående matrixbusser (outbound matrix highways), gods til afsendelse (forwarded parcel, outbound parcel, outward parcel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitstromend verkeer (outbound traffic, outward traffic), uitgaande matrixhighways (outbound matrix highways), uitgaande matrix timingbus (outbound matrix timing buses), uitgaand verkeer (outbound traffic, outward traffic), stukgoed bij vertrek (forwarded parcel, outbound parcel, outward parcel), collo bij vertrek (forwarded parcel, outbound parcel, outward parcel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | poistuva liikenne (outbound traffic, outward traffic), matriisilähtöväylät (outbound matrix highways), lähtevien matriisien ajastusväylät (outbound matrix timing buses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trafic sortant (outbound traffic, outward traffic), raccordement de sortie de la matrice de commutation (outbound matrix highways), colis au départ (outbound parcel, outward parcel), bus de temporisation de la matrice de commutation sortante (outbound matrix timing buses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | auslaufend (leaking, petering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όποιοσ πηγαίνει προσ τα έξω, που βρίσκεται έξω του σκάφουσ, που βρίσκεται έξω του πλοίου, εξερχόμενοσ (outgoing), εξαγωγικόσ, διευθυνόμενοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | induló (March, starter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | diretto ad un porto lontano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 下り便 (down train, outbound train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | く りび" (down train, outbound train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 외국으로 가". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | er y raad magh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outbounday отправляемый за границу. (various references) za inostranstvo, koji odlazi (outgoing). (various references) en viaje de ida. (various references) utgående (egress, exit, out, outgoing, outward), på väg ut, på utresa. (various references) ที่เ"ินทางออกจาก. (various references) yurt dışına giden, uçuşa geçen, limandan ayrılan. (various references) đi ra nước ngo i, đi đến một hải cảng nước ngo i. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Outbound" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Doutoum, Nutbourne, otbound, Ottoboni, ouabain, outbind, outbouand, outloud, potbound, Rootbont. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "outbound" (pronounced ou"tbou'nd) |
| 5 | -t b ou' n d | eastbound, westbound. |
| 4 | -b ou' n d | earthbound, hidebound, homebound, snowbound, southbound, spellbound. |
| 3 | -ou' n d | background, battleground, campground, fairground, foreground, foxhound, greyhound, horehound, playground, runaround, turnaround, underground. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-n-o-o-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: bouton, obtund. | |
-3 letters: bound, bundt, donut, doubt, outdo, tondo. | |
-4 letters: bond, boon, boot, bout, bund, bunt, dunt, onto, toon, undo, unto. | |
-5 letters: bod, boo, bot, bud, bun, but, don, dot, dub, dun, duo, nob, nod, noo, not, nub, nut, oot, oud, out, tod, ton, too, tub, tun, udo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-n-o-o-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: outrebound, roundabout, southbound. | |
+3 letters: outrebounds, roundabouts. | |
+4 letters: outrebounded. | |
+5 letters: outrebounding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 62 6F 75 6E 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- - -... --- ..- -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 01100010 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t b o u n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 0062 006F 0075 006E 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4987866881878070 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailænder, Thais, Thai, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, たい", 타이 말, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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