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Travelling towards a particular place, especially when returning to the original point of departure.
as adjective‘inbound traffic’
as adverb‘we have three enemy planes inbound on bearing two ninety’
‘The traffic in and out of normal nodes wouldn't be capable of travelling between two subscribers; there are no inbound routes.’
‘One inbound and return flight to Heathrow was cancelled but other delays were kept to a minimum.’
‘The outbound tunnel was rehabilitated last year and is being used for inbound traffic this year.’
‘Despite the fact we still travel abroad twice as much as inbound tourists visit us, holidays at home are hard to beat.’
‘The growth in the number of Canadians travelling abroad continues to outpace the performance of inbound travellers.’
‘U.S. Cellular is on the south side of Chicago, and inbound evening rush-hour traffic from the north and west has become oppressive.’
‘I can understand how you would be worried by such a thing except for the fact that to the best of my knowledge planes never take off over Richmond, it's part of the inbound flight path!’
‘Ten inbound long-haul flights, including from the US, Japan, South Africa, India and Japan, were also due to take off.’
‘The existing line in the road will be burnt off and extra width given to the inbound traffic to form two lines.’
‘That traffic entering and emerging from Straylands Grove to Malton Road interrupts the inbound bus lane.’
‘In 2002, about 31 per cent of the total passenger traffic used the airport as an inbound transfer/transit point.’
‘Every year, Taiwan registers around eight million outbound travelers and two million inbound visitors.’
‘Delta Airlines said that it expects its first inbound flights from Canada to arrive later today and intends to resume service from European cities tomorrow.’
‘The spokesman also said that the lane only applies for inbound traffic for three hours during the morning and evening rush hours on weekdays.’
‘I decided that at some point we would have to bail out and return on the next inbound car.’
‘Those lanes had been carrying inbound traffic during the latest phase of the Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnels reconstruction project.’
‘Last month more than half of the passengers passing through Prestwick were inbound travellers.’
‘Ellis left us after lunch, walking back to the station by himself and taking the next inbound Metro North express train to return to the city.’
‘The experiment re-routed inbound traffic through the adjacent Victorian archway, which was previously used only by outbound vehicles.’
‘The outbound tunnel is now being used for inbound traffic.’
verb
[with object]Basketball
Throw (the ball) from out of bounds, putting it into play.
‘Ohio State inbounded the ball against the swarming defenders’
‘In the end, the Heat inbounded the ball with less than three seconds left, and the score tied.’
‘The Cougars inbounded the ball with two seconds remaining but were unable to get a shot.’
‘You can be content to merely get the ball inbounded safely, or you can plan to score on the play.’
‘With 10 seconds to play in OT and the Heat down two, Miami inbounded the ball.’
‘The most common event is inbounding the ball, either from the baseline or the sideline.’