Meaning of bound for | Babel Free

Definitions

Moving towards, going in the direction of.

figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes

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.”

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