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Meaning bound meaning

What does bound mean?
Definitions in simple English

bound Adjective

— If something is bound to happen to be true, it is very likely to. It's no fun to lose, but it was bound to happen sooner or later. — If you are bound for a place, you are going there. The scientists studied college bound high school students. He bought a ticket and got on board a jet bound for Los Angeles.

bound

— adjective confined by bonds bound and gagged hostages — verb (= jump, leap) move forward by leaps and bounds The horse bounded across the meadow The child leapt across the puddle Can you jump over the fence? — adjective held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union — adjective secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form bound volumes leather-bound volumes — verb form the boundary of; be contiguous to — adjective (= destined) (usually followed by 'to') governed by fate bound to happen an old house destined to be demolished he is destined to be famous — verb (= restrict, limit) place limits on (extent or access) restrict the use of this parking lot limit the time you can spend with your friends — adjective (= destined) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students' children bound for school a flight destined for New York — adjective (= bandaged) covered or wrapped with a bandage the bandaged wound on the back of his head an injury bound in fresh gauze — noun (= boundary) a line determining the limits of an area — verb (= bounce, resile, spring) spring back; spring away from an impact The rubber ball bounced These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide — adjective bound by an oath a bound official — adjective confined in the bowels he is bound in the belly — noun (= boundary) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something — noun (= limit) the greatest possible degree of something what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior to the limit of his ability — adjective bound by contract — noun (= leap) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

Synonyms bound synonyms

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bound English » English

leap jump spring limit tied boundary bounce fastened skip hop border confine vault restrict fettered recoil obliged frontier edge destined start saltation rebound prance line delimit circumscribe bandaged vaulting tied up ricochet reverberate restricted restrain resile obligated indentured gambol confined vigour vigor trammel throttle take a hop spring up scoot rush run range power

Topics bound topics

What do people use bound to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Jump
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Steady, unsteady
Physical actions Move Pursue

Prevent from moving
Physical actions Arrange

Tie
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Exempt
States Quality Hot

Cold
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Moods

Hortative
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely
Grammar

Connected with, related

Conjugation bound conjugation

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bound · verb

Examples bound examples

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Simple sentences

He's bound to notice your mistake.
You are too much letter-bound.
An ox is captured by the horns, a person is bound by his word.
We bound him to secrecy.
You are bound to fail unless you study harder.
Such a childish plan is bound to fail.
Such a plan is bound to fail.
The train is bound for Niigata.
The train is bound for London.
The ship was bound for Kobe.
The ship is bound for the Gulf of Mexico.
The ship is bound for Finland.
Your plan is bound to fail.
The ship was bound for Cairo.
The plan is bound to succeed.
Such a man is bound to fail.
Jack is bound to succeed this time.
This train is bound for Boston.
This ship is bound for Vancouver.

Movie subtitles

On Earth, much of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is chemically bound to the rocks.
He was found naked and bound in his mayoral chains!
Apparently they're bound for Panama.
The astronomers are captured, bound and taken to the palace of the King of the Selenites.
The white woman stole and bound our lord!
Thus Bechlam and Burgundy are bound together: one heart, one life, one death!
Now they were homeward bound and they were leaving the hardship and toil of Alaska to live in the land of milk and honey.
They're bound to get all the details wrong.
There's bound to be trouble when she misses the necklace. Well?
You seem to me a poor sort of creature that's bound to get left with your gout and your dignity. But of course, you can make yourself pretty disagreeable before you're done.
But he's bound to go on, because he knows there's something.
TICKETS SOLD TO ALL ISLAND PORTS The schooner Hinano is due June 24h bound for Papeete.
He's bound to do something in a minute.
Anyhow, you know they're bound to get him.
So India-bound boats won't need to go around Africa.
We're now bound for life, you and I.
You're bound to fail!
We are bound by law and order like everybody else.
Now it's bound to be under one of them.
If they're native, one of them is bound to drift from the coolies' quarters, and end up waiting on you at breakfast. And that's curtains for a man in this country.
It was bound to happen.
Bound to be.
Sooner or later they're bound to meet.
Bring him down when you've bound him.
It's a fearful thing to send a man's soul to perdition. but I am bound by my conscience. and my love of my king to deal out justice.
And byways is a happy ardory that something extraordinary Is bound to turn up. Will you excuse me please, sir?
Yeah, but now that we're running it, we can do it right, with epi-injector sites and fair prices, because the way Frankie and Mickey were doing it, someone was bound to get hurt, and not just the allergic kids.
There's bound to be trouble when she misses the necklace.
Why that's a peculiar coincidence. I'm bound there, too.
Louisville bound with a bank roll big enough to choke a cow.
Mafeking's bound to be relieved soon.
Mafeking's bound to be relieved in the next few days.
And we'd be bound to hear if anything happened.
Oh, it's bound to.
Well, where are you bound to?
And you think me bound by that?
I do. An honorable man would be bound.
I bound myself to life, and with it to the little rules by which it is lived.
You're sure everything's going to be all right? Bound to be.

News and current affairs

As a result, Kosovo and Serbia would constitute two distinct international subjects, bound by a confederation hinging on a common decision-making body.
There is a world of difference between an association of nation states bound together by treaty, and a single entity, whether you call it a state or not, with its own legal personality, deriving its authority from its own constitution.
They will stress that if the lessons of history are not learned, history is bound to repeat itself.
Time-bound subsidy schemes, public venture funds, and export subsidization are some of the ways in which this approach can be implemented, but there are many others.
Whoever plays a three-dimensional game by focusing on only one board is bound to lose in the long run.
As a result, many global challenges - climate change, trade, resource scarcity, international security, cyber-warfare, and nuclear proliferation, to name a few - are bound to loom larger.
If it is driven by a Western guilt complex that assumes that the solution simply lies in greater empathy for the Muslim predicament, then the skeptics are bound to be vindicated.
The editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief were sacked, but the open questioning of the legitimacy of the government's authority to regulate journalism is bound to have a profound impact.
He was unable to re-engage his Israeli adversaries or control his suicide-bound Palestinian militants.
Moreover, the European Central Bank appears helpless because it is bound by the self-imposed fetters of its inflation target.
In 2003, German, Italian, British, and American authorities confiscated nuclear equipment bound for Tripoli, leading to Libya's decision to open its weapons inventories to inspectors.
Until the United States ratifies the ICC treaty, the Court is bound to seem to many to be little more than a politicized kangaroo court.
Like most other central banks confronted with the recession, the SNB has reduced its policy interest rate all the way to the zero lower bound.
These countries, too, are facing a recession, and, while the interest rate has not yet reached its zero bound everywhere, incentives to depreciate might grow in the near future.
Israeli Jews are bound to stay in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Israeli Arabs are bound to stay in Israel proper.
Likewise, use of the renminbi for the purpose of invoicing and settling trade with China is bound to continue growing.
When I published Bound to Lead in 1990, I predicted the continuing rise of American power.
As the world's center of economic gravity shifts east, the balance of financial activity is bound to move with it.
This leadership will be needed, because, regardless of who wins the US presidential election, the next American administration is bound to ask for greater EU participation in addressing international conflicts.
The row over the Iran deal is bound to be a watershed moment for American Jews, among whom sharp divisions have formed.
At the same time, the involvement of a rule-bound international agency would minimize the political poison associated with bank recapitalizations and currency interventions.

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