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   bound

   /baʊnd/

   verb

   • 1. past and past participle of bind

   adjective

   • 1. certain to be or to do or have something: "there is bound to be a change of plan" Similar certainsurevery likelyguaranteeddestinedpredestinedfatedinformal:nailed on
   • ▪ obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something: "I'm bound to do what I can to help Sam" Similar obligatedobligedunder obligationcompelledrequiredduty-boundhonour-boundconstrainedpledgedcommitted
   • 2. restricted or confined to a specified place: "his job kept him city-bound"
   • ▪ prevented from operating normally by the specified conditions: "blizzard-bound Boston"
   • 3. (of a book) having a specified binding: "fine leather-bound books"
   • 4. (of a grammatical element) occurring only in combination with another form.
   • ▪ in Chomskyan linguistics, (of a reflexive, reciprocal, or other linguistic unit) dependent for its reference on another noun phrase in the same sentence.

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   What does bounded mean?

   • held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union. (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, as most affixes. Compare free ( def 35 ). snowbound. The colt bounded through the meadow. The ball bounded against the wall. a leap onward or upward; jump. a rebound; bounce. eastbound.

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   What is the difference between bound and bound?

   • 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. Superman can "leap tall buildings in a single bound," but the word bound is usually about boundaries.

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   What is a bound adverb?

   • [VERB preposition/adverb] A bound is a long or high jump. She leaps in one bound onto her pony's back for a speedy canter around the ring. With one bound Jack was free. If the quantity or performance of something bounds ahead, it increases or improves quickly and suddenly .

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   The meaning of BOUND is fastened by or as if by a band : confined. How to use bound in a sentence.

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   determined or resolved: He is bound to go. Pathology. constipated. Mathematics. (of a vector) having a specified initial point as well as magnitude and direction. Compare free ( def 32 ). held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union.

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   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.

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   1. To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty. 2. To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets. 3. To identify the boundaries of; demarcate. v.intr. To border on another place, state, or country. Idioms: in/within bounds Sports.