bound
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5.8
- noun
- /baʊnd/
:
límite
- The ball rolls out of bounds into a dark corner of the gym.
- keep within bounds
- overstepped the bounds
- exceed the bounds
I'm curious, you know, someone who also came from out of bounds and never understood proper.
- I'm curious, you know, someone who also came from out of bounds and never understood proper.
- It has to be limited and this is known as the Beckenstein bound.
- If if studying poetry taught me one thing, it was like creativity within bounds.
- Like, which is a, a bound of acceptable speech within.
Examples
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Indeed, questions about the appropriate bounds of scientific research recur with relative frequency.
Academic text (2017) -
But you overstep your bounds when you provide more than is strictly necessary.
Fiction book (1998) -
Inflation is kind of the lowest bound at which people start to dollarize themselves.
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And that's when we learned that within the bounds of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, we would be able to challenge that permit.
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Superficially, defining the bounds of an ecosystem may seem to be simply an exercise in mapping habitats.
Academic text (2008) -
The committee set clear bounds for the project to ensure it stayed within budget and timeframe.
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There are strict bounds to what can be considered acceptable behavior in this community.
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The artist worked within the bounds of color theory to create a harmonious painting.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Outer part of an object that forms a border, often sharp
738
1.4
The edge or border of an area beyond which you cannot go
232
3.1
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
45
5.1
The limits of an area or subject
33
3.6
Area along the edge of something like a field or page
7
3.2
The highest allowed amount or value of something
3
7.2
A number that is as big as or bigger than every number in a set
2
3.2
A limit that shows how far something reaches
2
3.1
A line that shows the edge between two areas
2
5.5
A line or border that shows where one area ends and another begins
The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bound (as in 'bounds') comes from an old idea of a 'limit' and is the same idea as boundary, so your bounds are the lines or edges that show how far something goes.