bound

Examples

• All

• Communities bound by ties of solidarity and peace and war.

• The plains passed back and forth, bound for Rome and Paris.

• This is a South Ferry bound local one train.

  Scream VI (2023)

• Ladies and gentlemen, the next Brooklyn bound local train is now arriving.

  Tower Heist (2011)

• But Wilma was already on the bus, bound, not for her home, but for the station.

  Fiction book (1998)

• In so doing, many high schools have shifted course offerings that college-bound students often take.

  Academic text (2015)

• Philadelphia was Super Bowl bound, but one question still lingered on everyone's mind.

• Bronx-bound 34 to Bainbridge will be departing in 15 minutes.

  Step Up 3D (2010)

• Apprenticeship programs are designed for anyone wishing to participate, whether college-bound or work-bound or disabled/disadvantaged or not.

  Academic text (1994)

• The next train to Manhattan is bound for the downtown station.

Synonyms

H

headed

vsbound

654 1.6

Going in a particular direction

focuses more on intention and is used after nouns or in compounds

B

bound for

vsbound

47 3.7

Going to a particular place, usually by travel

is mainly used after nouns or in compound forms to show direction or aim

Idioms

B

bound hand and foot

• Informal

1 7.7

Not able to act freely because rules or people stop you

Compounds

B

bound for

47 3.7

Going to a particular place, usually by travel

H

homeward-bound

3 3.9

Going toward home

L

lower bound

• Specialized

3 7.0

A value that is no larger than any number in a set

U

upper bound

• Specialized

3 7.2

A number that is as big as or bigger than every number in a set

O

outward-bound

1 5.2

Going away from a place, like a ship or train starting its journey

B

bound form

• Specialized

9.6

A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked

B

bound morpheme

• Specialized

8.6

A word part that cannot stand alone, like re- or -s

Surface Forms

Etymology