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bond
Noun
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A bond is a connection between two people because of love or friendship.
War can often build strong bonds between people who suffered or fought together.
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A bond is a connection between two or more things, for example using glue.
The heat created a bond between the plastic and the metal.
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A bond is a financial document promising to pay a certain amount of money. These are often bought and sold.
The new benchmark ten-year government bond yielded 6.3%.
Most large international banks have issued floating rate bonds as a source of medium-term funding.
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Things that tie or limit you.
It took her many years to break free of the bonds of guilt.
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A bond is the force that holds atoms together.
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A contract.
bond
Verb
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If you bond two things, you connect them, for example using glue.
The melting wax bonded to the table.
He bonded the wood to the plastic to make it look more natural.
The individual carbon atoms in a diamond are bonded together extremely strongly.
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If you bond with someone, you form a special relationship.
Breastfeeding helps the baby bond with its mother.
anticipation
Noun
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Anticipation is looking forward to or expecting something, expectancy, the eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
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The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the needle stick.
note
Noun
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A note is a single sound in music.
In this song, every word is on a different note.
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A note is a short letter; something written on a small piece of paper.
If you go out, leave me a note to tell me where you went.
note
Verb
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You note that something happened when you see that it happened and remember it.
I noted that you weren't wearing shoes.