Definition of "bound"
- verb
Simple past tense and past participle of bind.
To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
To be the boundary of.
To leap, move by jumping.
- adjective
Obliged (to).
Very likely (to).
That cannot stand alone as a free word.
Constrained by a quantifier.
Ready, prepared.
Ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- noun
A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
A sizeable jump, great leap.
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