Meaning

5 senses

  1. (often)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.

    Abgrenzung, Grenze

    грани́цаgraníca, преде́лpredél, рубе́жrubéž

  2. A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

    Schranke

    граньgranʹ, грани́цаgraníca

  3. A sizeable jump, great leap.

    The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.

    Sprung

    прыжо́кpryžók, скачо́кskačók

  4. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

  5. (dated)A bounce; a rebound.

More definitions
  • the greatest possible degree of something
  • the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  • a line determining the limits of an area
  • a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

Examples

387 sentences

  1. The plan is bound to succeed.

    План приречений на успіх. — deniko

    ruПлан обречен на успех. — paul_lingvo

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  2. This train is bound for Boston.

    Це потяг на Бостон. — deniko

    ruЭто поезд на Бостон. — Hellerick

    deDieser Zug ist auf dem Weg nach Boston. — Tamy

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  3. He's bound to notice your mistake.

    Він обов'язково помітить твою помилку. — deniko

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  4. We knew that was bound to happen.

    Ми знали, що це обов'язково трапиться. — deniko

    ruМы знали, что это непременно случится. — sharptoothed

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  5. Tom got on a bus bound for Boston.

    Том сів у автобус на Бостон. — deniko

    ruТом сел в автобус на Бостон. — sharptoothed

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
boundary, border of territory:
mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set:
sizeable jump:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
boundary, border of territory:
mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set:
sizeable jump:

Origin

From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier but

From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“a bound, limit”).

From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).

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Forms

plural: bounds

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Derivedboundaryboundlessboundsgoerdisboundharmonic boundinglower boundoverboundupper bound

Collocations

4 patterns
  • is bound to
  • bound to happen
  • bound to fail
  • bound to be

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boulevardbounceB2bouncerboundaryboundlessbountifulbounty

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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