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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — eastbound - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwss?
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros
Proto-Germanic *austraz
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Proto-Germanic *austrąder.
Proto-Germanic *austrą
Proto-West Germanic *austr
Old English ēast
Middle English est
English east
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Germanic *būaną
Old Norse búinnbor.
Middle English bownde
English bound
English -bound
English eastbound

    From east + -bound.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈistbaʊnd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    eastbound (not comparable)

    1. Moving or heading towards the east.
      The eastbound train is late again!
      • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
        [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.

    Translations

    moving or heading towards the east
    • German: nach Osten, Richtung Osten
    • Spanish: adesteño

    Adverb

    eastbound (not comparable)

    1. Toward the east.
      He drove eastbound on the George Washington Bridge.

    Translations

    toward the east
    • German: nach Osten, Richtung Osten

    Noun

    eastbound (plural eastbounds)

    1. An eastbound train.

    Anagrams

    • aboundest, unboasted
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