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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

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The California Highway Patrol dispatch log showed that a SigAlert was issued shortly after 10 p.m. and lasted for several hours for the southbound side of traffic before eventually reopening.

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The report said that one artillery round “failed to clear the roadway and detonated midflight near Interstate 5 southbound. After the failed round, the exercise was terminated and no additional munitions were fired.”

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Some vehicles on the interstate illegally made nearly 90-degree turns on the freeway heading southbound to break through the bottleneck by exiting the vacant El Camino Real onramp for about 15 minutes.

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The big rig left the expo center that evening, beginning its southbound journey.

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CHP officers spotted the van on the southbound 5 Freeway at Western Avenue, the agency said.

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