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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See bind

Verb

bound

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of bind.
    I bound the splint to my leg.
    I had bound the splint with duct tape.

Adjective

bound (not comparable)

Positive bound

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
    You are not legally bound to reply.
  2. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).
    They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
  3. (linguistics) Refers to a type morpheme that cannot stand alone as a free word

Derived terms

Translations

obliged to

very likely to

Etymology 2

< Middle English bounde < Old French bunne < Mediaeval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“‘a bound, limit’”)

Noun

Singular bound

Plural bounds

bound (plural bounds)

  1. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
    I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
    Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
  2. (mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values

Derived terms
terms derived from the noun bound ("boundary, limit")
  • least upper bound
  • lower bound
  • upper bound
  • within bounds

Translations
boundary, border of territory
mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
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  • Spanish: acotado
  • Telugu: పరిధి

Verb

Infinitive to bound

Third person singular bounds

Simple past bounded

Past participle bounded

Present participle bounding

to bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

  1. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
    France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
    Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
  2. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.

Derived terms
terms derived from bound (verb: limit)

Translations
to surround a territory
mathematics: to be the boundary of

Etymology 3

< French bondir (“‘to leap, bound, orig. make a loud resounding noise’”); perhaps < Late Latin bombitare (“‘to hum, buzz’”), freq. verb < Latin bombus (“‘a humming or buzzing’”).

Noun

Singular bound

Plural bounds

bound (plural bounds)

  1. A sizeable jump, leap.
    The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.

Derived terms

Translations
sizeable jump

Verb

Infinitive to bound

Third person singular bounds

Simple past bounded

Past participle bounded

Present participle bounding

to bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

  1. To leap, move by jumping.
    The rabbit bounded down the lane.

Derived terms

Translations
to leap

Etymology 4

Alteration of boun, with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1, above.

Adjective

bound (comparative more bound, superlative most bound)

Positive bound

Comparative more bound

Superlative most bound
  1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
  2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
    Which way are you bound?
    Is that message bound for me?

Derived terms
terms derived from the adjective bound ("moving in the direction of")
  • -bound

Translations
ready, prepared
ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
constrained by something, or constrained to something
  • Danish: begrænset da(da)
  • Finnish: sidottu

 

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