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bound

  • adjective
  • /ˈbaʊ̯nd/

That cannot stand alone as a free word.

Other meanings

  1. Constrained by a quantifier.

  2. Confined or restricted to a certain place.

Example sentences

  • “Is the universe bound by rules we cannot see?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "bound".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bound” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.