Definition: 1. Certain or likely to happen, or to do or be something. 2. The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something. 3. Move forward by leaps and bounds.
Use 'bound' in a sentence:
1. Public spending must be kept within reasonable bounds.
2. Strike-bound travellers face long delays.
3. It was not beyond the bounds of possibility that they would meet again one day.
4. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we'll all meet again one day.
5. Each volume is bound in bright-coloured cloth.
6. With one bound the dog was over the fence.
7. There are bound to be price increases next year.
8. I felt duty bound to help.
9. The question is bound to come up at the meeting.
10. The hostages were bound and gagged.
11. Research of Stock Index in Bias and Bound Characteristics.
12. With one bound Jack was free.
13. I'll show it to Benjamin. He's bound to know.
14. This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.
15. I boarded the plane bound for Boston.
16. I'd be homeward bound even before Grant arrived.
17. We are all bound by the inevitability of death.
18. The ship was bound for Italy.
19. He loosed the straps that bound her arms.
20. The field was bounded on the left by a wood.
21. She chewed through the tape that bound her.
22. I felt duty-bound to help him.
23. His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities.
24. We are not bound by the decision.
25. He's too bound up in his work to have much time for his children.
26. His comments were bound to attract criticism.
27. It's bound to be sunny again tomorrow.
28. He was bound over for trial.
29. The blankets were bound with satin.
30. She was bound to a chair.
31. She bound up his wounds.
32. I am bound to say I disagree with you on this point.
33. We were homeward bound at last.
34. You are bound by the contract to pay before the end of the month.
35. The takeover of the company is bound to mean more job losses.
36. If he chooses Mary it's bound to cause problems.
37. Such a traumatic experience was bound to leave its mark on the children.
38. These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications.
39. You're bound to be nervous the first time.
40. Everyone's opinion is bound to be subjective.
41. They bound his hands together.
42. She felt honour bound to attend as she had promised to.
43. It was bound to happen sooner or later.
44. Her health has improved in leaps and bounds.
45. This announcement is bound to shake the confidence of the industry.
46. You've done so much work ─ you're bound to pass the exam.
47. Your education is bound to shape your world view.
48. The event is bound to attract wide press coverage.
49. There are bound to be changes when the new system is introduced.
