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• bound for something — 1) travelling towards a place The drugs were found on a container ship that was bound for Spain. a taxi bound for Heathrow airport 2) very likely to do something in the future Stan was doing a Master s at Harvard, and bound for a career in… …   English dictionary

• bound for — adverb a) Moving towards, going in that direction. The plane is bound for England. b) To predict something as inevitable, unavoidable. He is bound for failure …   Wiktionary

• bound — I UK [baʊnd] / US adjective [not usually before noun] ** 1) something that is bound to happen will almost certainly happen bound to: If you have problems at home, it s bound to affect your work. The kids are out late, so of course she s bound to… …   English dictionary

• bound — Ⅰ. bound [1] ► VERB ▪ walk or run with leaping strides. ► NOUN ▪ a leaping movement towards or over something. ORIGIN French bondir resound , later rebound , from Latin bombus humming . Ⅱ. bound [2] …   English terms dictionary

• bound — bound1 [baund] the past tense and past participle of ↑bind bound 2 bound2 W3S2 adj [no comparative] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(likely)¦ 2¦(law/agreement)¦ 3¦(duty)¦ 4¦(travelling towards)¦ 5¦(relationship)¦ 6 be bound up in something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bound — I [[t]ba͟ʊnd[/t]] BE BOUND ♦♦♦ 1) Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind. 2) PHR MODAL If you say that something is bound to happen, you mean that you are sure it will happen, because it is a natural consequence of something that is… …   English dictionary

• bound — bound1 [ baund ] adjective not usually before noun ** 1. ) bound to something that is bound to happen will almost certainly happen: If you have problems at home, it s bound to affect your work. Knowing Jim, he s bound to be late. The kids are out …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bound — 1 the past tense and past participle of bind 1 2 adjective (no comparative) 1 be bound to to be very likely to do or feel a particular thing: Don t lie to her. She s bound to find out about it. | it is bound to be (=used to say that something… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bound*/ — [baʊnd] adj I 1) bound to do sth something that is bound to happen will almost certainly happen If you have problems at home, it s bound to affect your work.[/ex] 2) bound to do sth used for saying that you must do something or you should do… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• bound — bound1 verb walk or run with leaping strides. noun a leaping movement towards or over something. Origin C16: from Fr. bond (n.), bondir (v.) resound , later rebound , from late L. bombitare, from L. bombus humming . bound2 noun 1》 a boundary. 2》… …   English new terms dictionary