Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bound homeward; coming in, as to a place or harbor: as, an inbound fishing-fleet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Coming in, heading inwards
  • verb basketball To pass a ball inbounds
  • noun An inbound shipment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective directed or moving inward or toward a center

Etymologies

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in +‎ bound

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Examples

  • They recommend the use of social media internally to break down communication barriers within the department - which they call inbound sharing - which would also include information and tips coming in from the public to the Defense Department.

    WFED / / 2009

  • Meanwhile, morning rush-hour traffic will remain inbound only.

    Dr. G's tips Post 2010

  • Meanwhile, morning rush-hour traffic will remain inbound only.

    Dr. G's tips Post 2010

  • Meanwhile, morning rush-hour traffic will remain inbound only.

    Dr. G's tips Post 2010

  • Meanwhile, morning rush-hour traffic will remain inbound only.

    Dr. G's tips Post 2010

  • Without any timeouts left, Cleveland was forced to inbound from the backcourt and Hughes 'halfcourt shot at the buzzer was well short.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • It is great though for all other calls, inbound from the US and outbound to the US or to Mexico or Canada.

    Verizon North American plan - a warning. 2005

  • This is not a bad thing, it's just...it has nothing to do with comments per se unless you call inbound links "comments" and I don't and neither does Blogger—they're backlinks!

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • This is not a bad thing, it's just...it has nothing to do with comments per se unless you call inbound links "comments" and I don't and neither does Blogger—they're backlinks!

    Firefox Extension: Blogger Web Comments 2005

  • Missouri again had to inbound from the backcourt and McGhee intercepted the long pass as the buzzer sounded.

    NCAA Men's Basketball - Missouri vs. Oklahoma 2001

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