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Definitions for Bounds

[1] simple past tense and past participle of bind.
[2] tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner.
[3] made fast as if by a band or bond: She is bound to her family.
[4] secured within a cover, as a book.
[5] under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
[6] destined; sure; certain: It is bound to happen.
[7] determined or resolved: He is bound to go.
[8] Pathology . constipated.
[9] Mathematics . (of a vector) having a specified initial point as well as magnitude and direction. Compare free(def 32) .
[10] held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union.
[11] (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, as most affixes. Compare free(def 35) .
[12] bound up in /with , inseparably connected with. devoted or attached to: She is bound up in her teaching.
[13] to move by leaps; leap; jump; spring: The colt bounded through the meadow.
[14] to rebound, as a ball; bounce: The ball bounded against the wall.
[15] a leap onward or upward; jump.
[16] a rebound; bounce.
[17] Usually bounds. limit or boundary: the bounds of space and time; within the bounds of his estate; within the bounds of reason.
[18] something that limits, confines, or restrains.
[19] bounds, territories on or near a boundary. land within boundary lines.
[20] Mathematics . a number greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to, all the numbers in a given set. Compare greatest lower bound, least upper bound, lower bound, upper bound.
[21] to limit by or as if by bounds; keep within limits or confines.
[22] to form the boundary or limit of.
[23] to name or list the boundary of.
[24] to abut.
[25] (sometimes singular) a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds )
[26] something that restrains or confines, esp the standards of a society within the bounds of modesty
[27] beat the bounds See beat (def. 26)
[28] the past tense and past participle of bind
[29] in bonds or chains; tied with or as if with a rope a bound prisoner
[30] (in combination) restricted; confined housebound ; fogbound
[31] (postpositive , foll by an infinitive ) destined; sure; certain it's bound to happen
[32] (postpositive , often foll by by ) compelled or obliged to act, behave, or think in a particular way, as by duty, circumstance, or convention
[33] (of a book) secured within a cover or binding to deliver bound books See also half-bound
[34] (postpositive , foll by on ) US resolved; determined bound on winning
[35] linguistics denoting a morpheme, such as the prefix non- , that occurs only as part of another word and not as a separate word in itself Compare free (def. 21) (in systemic grammar) denoting a clause that has a nonfinite predicator or that is introduced by a binder, and that occurs only together with a freestanding clause Compare freestanding
[36] logic (of a variable) occurring within the scope of a quantifier that indicates the degree of generality of the open sentence in which the variable occurs: in (x ) (Fx → bxy ), x is bound and y is free See free (def. 22)
[37] bound up with closely or inextricably linked with his irritability is bound up with his work
[38] I'll be bound I am sure (something) is true
[39] to move forwards or make (one's way) by leaps or jumps
[40] to bounce; spring away from an impact
[41] a jump upwards or forwards
[42] by leaps and bounds with unexpectedly rapid progess her condition improved by leaps and bounds
[43] a sudden pronounced sense of excitement his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her
[44] a bounce, as of a ball
[45] (tr) to place restrictions on; limit
[46] (when intr, foll by on ) to form a boundary of (an area of land or sea, political or administrative region, etc)
[47] maths a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound ), or less than all its members (a lower bound ) See also bounded (def. 1) more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subset whence, an estimate of the extent of some set
[48] See bounds
[49] (postpositive , often foll by for ) going or intending to go towards; on the way to a ship bound for Jamaica ; homeward bound (in combination ) northbound traffic

Words related to Bounds

boundconstrained, obligated, restrained, enslaved, skip, ricochet, leap, prance, hop, vault, encircle, firm, forced, indentured, made, bent, fated, obliged, urged, required

Words nearby Bounds

boundbouncer, bouncing, bouncing bet, bouncy, bouncy castle, bound, bound and determined to, bound for, bound form, bound hand and foot, bound to, be

Origin of Bounds

31175–1225; Middle English bounde < Anglo-French; Old French bone, bonde, variant of bodne < Medieval Latin budina, of uncertain origin; cf. bourn2

Words that may be confused with Bounds

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, boundbind, bound

Other words from Bounds

bound·ness , noun
bound·ing·ly , adverb
bound·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Bounds

C13: from Old Norse buinn , past participle of būa to prepare

Synonyms for Bounds

constrained, enslaved, obligated, restrained, apprenticed, articled, bent, coerced, compelled, contracted, doomed, driven, fated, firm, forced, impelled, indentured, intent, made, necessitated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, urged, bounden, certain, duty-bound, having no alternative, sure, under compulsion, under necessity