eastbound

English

Etymology

From east +‎ -bound.

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

Anagrams

• aboundest, unboasted