Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bound for

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: bound- -for
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Moving towards, going in the direction of.

Example Sentences

"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."

Questions

What does bound for mean?: Moving towards, going in the direction of.

How to pronounce bound for

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