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The meaning of BOUND is fastened by or as if by a band : confined —often used in combination. How to use bound in a sentence.

The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions. The judge who presided over the trial told the panel's members they were not bound to accept that …

Nov 2, 2025 · The maidens have bound silver snoods about their hair, with gold spangles, and pendent flames (Flammen), that is, sparkling hair-drops : but of their mother's headgear who …

1. in bonds or chains; tied with or as if with a rope: a bound prisoner. 2. (in combination) restricted; confined: housebound; fogbound. 3. (postpositive; foll by an infinitive) destined; sure; certain: …

If you say that something is bound to happen, you mean that you are sure it will happen, because it is a natural consequence of something that is already known or exists.

To bound is to jump or hop — usually as you run. Bound can also mean to go or to plan to go, especially to a certain destination, as in being bound for New York or homeward-bound.

to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively): We are bound by good sense to obey the country's laws. Law to put under legal obligation, as to keep the peace or appear as …

(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. …

Bound definition: simple past tense and past participle of bind.. See examples of BOUND used in a sentence.