outward journey

collocation in English

meaningsofoutwardandjourney

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outward
adjective
uk
/ˈaʊt.wəd/us
/ˈaʊt.wɚd/
relating to how people, situations, or things seem to be, rather than how they ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us
/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition ofoutwardandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From the end of the preprogrammedoutwardjourney(dashed) towards the target position (0, 0) the robot is guided by landmark navigation (solid line).
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He had therefore prolonged theoutwardjourneyfarther than was wise, and in addition, the caribou began their southward migration earlier than usual that year.
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Better planning will ensure that 32-tonners run with a full load on both theoutwardjourneyand the return journey.
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Is he saying that tax is payable on theoutwardjourney, but on the return journey we do not pay tax at all?
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It has been suggested that airlines are charged £5 on theoutwardjourneyand nothing on the inward journey.
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To-day on ordinary fares only three days are allowed for completing theoutwardjourneyand two months for completing the return journey.
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Are we to understand that the immunity does not extend to these ships on theoutwardjourney, whether they are carrying refugees or not?
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Theoutwardjourneywith 16 people on board was uneventful.
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It is astonishing how far they go at the weekend, perhaps 150 or 200 miles, by way of lifts on theoutwardjourney.
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Sometimes he pays one amount on theoutwardjourneyand another amount on the return journey.
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No loads were available for theoutwardjourney.
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Each cruise would extend over a period of three weeks: a week for theoutwardjourney, a week on the island and a week for the journey back home.
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In addition to that you pay theoutwardjourneywith coal, and the man who sells you the wheat pays you half the price of the cost of carrying.
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I do not admit that empty running on a return journey, or on anoutwardjourney, is wasted if the load to be carried is essential and urgent.
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The increased earnings on theoutwardjourneycover the cost of returning some way towards the central area, where the driver might reasonably expect to get another hire.
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Things did not go well for the flotilla on theoutwardjourney.
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Theoutwardjourneytakes more than a year.
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The locomotives were rostered to work bunker first on theoutwardjourney.
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It was not a particularly successful armada - navigational mistakes scattered the fleet on theoutwardjourney.
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