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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.
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.
BOUND meaning: 1. certain or extremely likely to happen: 2. to be seriously intending to do something: 3. I am…. Learn more.
1. a. : fastened by or as if by a band : confined. desk-bound. b. : very likely : sure. bound to rain soon. 2. : placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation : obliged. duty-bound. 3. of a book : secured to the covers by cords, tapes, or glue. leather-bound. 4. : determined, resolved. was bound and determined to have his way. 5.
1. Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind. 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.
bound. 1. [ bound ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. 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.
Define bound. bound synonyms, bound pronunciation, bound translation, English dictionary definition of bound. intr.v. bound·ed , bound·ing , bounds 1. To leap forward or upward; jump; spring: The dog bounded over the gate. 2. To move forward by leaps or springs: The...
Definition of bound adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of bound noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
In such a hurry, she was bound to leave something behind that she would need later. I would rather have a book bound by a hard cover than paperback. The two bound men were led off to the master's house.
