OUTBOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outbound mean? 

• OUTBOUND (adjective)
  The adjective OUTBOUND has 1 sense:

1. that is going out or leaving

  Familiarity information: OUTBOUND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTBOUND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That is going out or leaving

Synonyms:

outbound; outward; outward-bound

Context example:

outward-bound ships

Similar:

outgoing (leaving a place or a position)

 Context examples 

The new view was obtained on July 10, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT, 5:30 UTC), when the spacecraft was 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers) from Jupiter on the outbound leg of its initial 53.5-day capture orbit.

(Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View, NASA)