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Meaning of bound for | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

Moving towards, going in the direction of.

figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes

Equivalents

日本語 ゆき 途上
한국어

Examples

“The plane is bound for England.”
“He is bound for failure.”
“Meeting us came porters with loads of coal, coke, and lime, in which the district of Nan-ch'uan Hsien is rich. Many loads of pan salt from the Tzu-liu-ching brine wells in Central Szechuan were also bound for Nan-ch'uan Hsien, three miles from which we again struck the right bank of the Nan-ch'uan River, flowing north.”
“The train left Doncaster in northern England at 16:25 GMT on Saturday, November 1, bound for London’s King’s Cross station.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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