bound
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4.2
- adjective
- /baʊnd/
- Trust me, the right opportunity is bound to come our way sooner or later.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd you know, because it's like someone's bound to click on that.
- And you know, because it's like someone's bound to click on that.
- Somebody can check the math on that, but it's bound to happen.
- Some facts, dramas and experiences are bound to never reach us and will remain unspoken, buried.
- So Josh Shapiro is riding high in Pennsylvania and seems like he is bound to keep the governor's mansion there blue.
- Narcissism is about the pursuit of status, and someone is always bound to have more so as a result.
- So, you know, there was bound to be some shifts in my world landscape and internal landscape anyway.
- When you create that type of chaos, you generate an environment where groups like ISIS are bound to rise out of.
- And so either way, we're almost bound to get it, but there are some things that you can do to combat it and even prevent it.
- And I noticed that he would tell the story so many times in so many ways, and it was always so smart and clever and bound to work.
- And you know, this sort of thing was bound to happen sooner or later.
- And, and they're so simple that we're bound to figure out how they age fairly quickly, identify genes that regulate their ageing quickly.
Examples
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Now, of course, with seven children under one roof, there's bound to be some chaos.
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If we keep practicing, we are bound to improve our skills.
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Yeah, maybe it's bound to happen again.
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It's bound to be out there somewhere.
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Therefore, attacking any big problem is bound to be really hard.
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A fine young man like him is bound to have a settling influence on her.
Fiction book (1999) -
Janice says, "This hot weather is bound to turn cool this time of year."
Fiction book (1990) -
There's bound to be traffic, 'cause it's Labor Day weekend.
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She's bound to be curious.
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You've had a terrible shock, and it's bound to catch up with you.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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3.7
Planned or seen as certain to happen
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4.1
Sure to happen or meant to be sent to a certain place
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5.3
Certain to happen and not able to be changed
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7.7
Fate or a higher power decides a person's life in advance
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Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked
How Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember bound meaning 'certain' is to think of being 'tied' to a result; if something is bound 'to' happen it is fixed or sure to happen.