bound

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[edit] Etymology 1

See bind

[edit] 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.

[edit] Adjective

bound (not comparable)

  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, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
  4. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
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  • (logic: constrained by a quantifier): free
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obliged to
very likely to

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

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
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from the noun bound ("boundary, limit")
[edit] Translations
boundary, border of territory
mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
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  • Spanish: acotado
  • Telugu: పరిధి

[edit] Verb

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.
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from bound (verb: limit)
[edit] Translations
to surround a territory
mathematics: to be the boundary of

[edit] Etymology 3

From French bondir (“to leap, bound, originally make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps, from Late Latin bombitāre, present active infinitive of bombitō (“hum, buzz”), frequentive verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).

[edit] Noun

bound (plural bounds)

  1. A sizeable jump, great leap.
    The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
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[edit] Translations
sizeable jump

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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.
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to leap

[edit] Etymology 4

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

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bound (comparative more bound, superlative most bound)

  1. (obsolete) ready, prepared.
  2. ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
    Which way are you bound?
    Is that message bound for me?
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from the adjective bound ("moving in the direction of")
[edit] Translations
ready, prepared
ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
constrained by something, or constrained to something

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