Usually means: Traveling or directed toward the north.
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  1. northbound: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. northbound: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. northbound: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. northbound: Collins English Dictionary
  5. northbound: Vocabulary.com
  6. Northbound, northbound: Wordnik
  7. northbound: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. northbound: Wiktionary
  9. northbound: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. northbound: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. northbound: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. northbound: Dictionary.com
  13. Northbound: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. northbound: Rhymezone
  15. northbound: FreeDictionary.org
  16. northbound: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. northbound: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. northbound: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Northbound: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Heading or moving in a northerly direction.
▸ adverb:  Towards the north.

Similar:
northward, north, eastbound, north-northwesterly, westbound, north-northeasterly, inbound, southbound, shorebound, headward, more...

Opposite:
southbound, heading south, traveling south

Types:
up, north, northern, more...

Phrases:
Northbound interface, more...

Adjectives:
directions, other, exit, south, first, way, last



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Similar:
northward, north, eastbound, north-northwesterly, westbound, north-northeasterly, inbound, southbound, shorebound, headward, more...

Opposite:
southbound, heading south, traveling south

Types:
up, north, northern, more...

Phrases:
Northbound interface, more...

Adjectives:
directions, other, exit, south, first, way, last



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