BOUND


Meaning of BOUND in English

I.

verb

Bound is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ dog

II.

adj.

1 bound to do sth certain to do sth

VERBS

▪ be , seem

ADVERB

▪ almost

These problems were almost ~ to arise.

2 bound (to do sth) obliged to do sth

VERBS

▪ be , feel

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ hold sb

The country will not be held ~ by a treaty signed by the previous regime.

ADVERB

▪ absolutely

▪ irrevocably

▪ by law , contractually , legally

Officials are ~ by law to investigate any possible fraud.

He was legally ~ to report them to the authorities.

▪ morally

I felt morally ~ to report the incident.

PREPOSITION

▪ by

We are legally ~ by this decision.

3 going in a particular direction

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ homeward , outward

PREPOSITION

▪ for

tourists who are ~ for Europe

4 bound up closely connected

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ closely , intimately

▪ inevitably , inextricably

▪ together

A person's name and their sense of their own identity are often closely ~ up together.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

From that moment my life became inextricably ~ up with hers.

Bound is used with these nouns: ↑ copy , ↑ notebook , ↑ volume

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .