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BOUND definition: 1. certain or extremely likely to happen: 2. to be seriously intending to do something: 3. I am…. Learn more.
The meaning of BOUND is fastened by or as if by a band : confined. How to use bound in a sentence.
having a moral or legal duty to do something: The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions. duty-bound She feels duty-bound to tell him everything. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
verb. simple past tense and past participle of bind. adjective. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner. made fast as if by a band or bond: She is bound to her family. secured within a cover, as a book. under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract. Synonyms: compelled, obliged, liable. destined; sure; certain:
To bound is to jump or hop — usually as you run. Bound can also mean to go or to plan to go, especially to a certain destination, as in being bound for New York or homeward-bound.
adjective. /baʊnd/ see also bind [not before noun] Idioms. bound to do/be something certain or likely to happen, or to do or be something. There are bound to be changes when the new system is introduced. It's bound to be sunny again tomorrow. You've done so much work—you're bound to pass the exam.
BOUND definition: 1. certain to do something, or certain to happen: 2. closely connected with something: 3. having…. Learn more.
to fasten or tie (something) with a string, rope, etc.:[ ~ + object] She bound her hair with a ribbon. to bandage: [ ~ + object (+ up)] to bind one's wounds (up). [ ~ + (+ up) + object] to bind (up) his wounds. [ ~ + object] to cause to cohere: Ice bound the soil.
Definition of bound verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind. 2. phrase B2. If you say that something is bound to happen, you mean that you are sure it will happen, because it is a natural consequence of something that is already known or exists. There are bound to be price increases next year.
