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westbound

/ˈwɛstbaʊnd/

westbound adverb: towards the west; in a westerly direction.

Adverb

westbound (not comparable)

  1. Towards the west; in a westerly direction.
    • He was driving westbound on the George Washington Bridge.

Adjective

westbound (not comparable)

  1. Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
    • Westbound traffic was blocked for miles.
    • [...] 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.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714

westbound meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

westbound in Hindi

वेस्टबाउंड

westbound in Urdu

عازم مغرب

westbound in Bengali

ওয়েস্টবাউন্ড

westbound in Telugu

వెస్ట్బౌండ్
More languagesFewer languages
westbound in Gujarati
વેસ્ટબાઉન્ડ, વેસ્ટ બાઉન્ડ
westbound in Nepali
वेस्टबाउन्ड

Origin of westbound

From west + -bound.

Questions about westbound

What does westbound mean?
Westbound means towards the west; in a westerly direction.
What is westbound in Hindi?
Westbound in Hindi is वेस्टबाउंड. See Westbound meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is westbound?
Westbound can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce westbound?
Westbound is pronounced /ˈwɛstbaʊnd/.

Words near westbound in the dictionary

  1. Westberry
  2. Westberrys
  3. Westboro Baptist
  4. Westborough
  5. Westborough and Dry Doddington
  6. westbound
  7. Westbourne
  8. Westbrook
  9. Westbrooks
  10. Westbury
  11. Westbury-on-Severn

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: westbound (page history and authors); westbound (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); westbound (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); westbound (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); westbound (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); westbound (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); westbound (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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