[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bound.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / bound [← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/B/) # bound «bound» in Mova's school dictionary: **bound to happen, it will almost surely happen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective (bound, not compared); verb (bound, bounds, bounded, bounding); noun (a bound, bounds); also the past form of «bind» ### meaning for a pupil 1) Certain to happen: if something is bound to happen, it will almost surely happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m1) 2) Tied up with rope or string so it cannot move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m2) 3) Going towards a place: a train bound for Leeds is travelling to Leeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m3) 4) To bound is to jump or run with big springy leaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m4) 5) A bound is one big jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m5) 6) Bounds are the edges or limits of an area; «out of bounds» means a place you are not allowed to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m6) 7) (formal) Obliged by a rule, law or promise: «bound by the rules». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m7) 8) Of a book: having covers fastened on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#m8) ### sense in the lessons In stories «bound to» tells the reader something is very likely: «He was bound to get caught». In safety talk «out of bounds» marks places pupils must not enter, like the roof or the car park. In maths «upper bound» and «lower bound» are the largest and smallest a value can be. Animals «bound» across fields in nature stories. Phrases: bound to, out of bounds, homeward bound, bound up in, by leaps and bounds, duty bound. ### examples - It was bound to rain on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x1) - The dog bounded across the park to meet us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x2) - The kidnapped prince was bound with ropes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x3) - This bus is bound for the city centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x4) - The kangaroo cleared the fence in a single bound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x5) - The old quarry is out of bounds to all pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x6) - Your reading has improved by leaps and bounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x7) - Members are bound by the club rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x8) - The answer lies between a lower bound of 10 and an upper bound of 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x9) - With one bound, he leaped aboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/#x10) ### note «Bound» is also the past of «bind» (bind, bound, bound). «Bound to» + verb means «certain to», not «tied to». «-bound» at the end of a word can mean «stuck» (housebound, snowbound) or «heading» (northbound). Do not confuse with «bounce». In maths an upper bound means the true number cannot be bigger than it. ### In the corpora - [Liking football or rough games does not make a girl, or anyone, bound to fight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/19/) - [And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.344/) - [And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.719/) - [And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1088/) - [None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up; thou hast no healing medicines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.820/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «bound» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bound/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.