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• word-bound — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : lacking in fluency : taciturn because of limited vocabulary or unwillingness to talk …   Useful english dictionary

• bound — Noun: A boundary. In an indorser s waiver of protest of a note, in which he stipulates to be bound as if protest had been made, the word bound has been held to amount to a waiver of both demand and notice, since otherwise the stipulation would be …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• bound — bound1 [bound] vi. [MFr bondir < OFr, to leap, make a noise, orig., to echo back < LL bombitare, to buzz, hum < L bombus, a humming: see BOMB] 1. to move with a leap or series of leaps 2. to spring back from a surface after striking it,… …   English World dictionary

• Bound morpheme — In etymology, a bound morpheme is a root morpheme that cannot stand alone as an independent word. To determine if a root is bound, strip the root of all of its affixes (prefixes and suffixes). If the remaining root is not a word, that root is a… …   Wikipedia

• Word stem — Examples The stem of the verb wait is wait: it is the part that is common to all its inflected variants. wait (infinitive) wait (imperative) waits (present, 3rd person, singluar) wait (present, other persons and/or plural) waited (simple past)… …   Wikipedia

• Word problem (mathematics education) — Abstract algebra has an unrelated term word problem for groups. In mathematics education, the term word problem is often used to refer to any mathematical exercise where significant background information on the problem is presented as text… …   Wikipedia

• 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 form — noun a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an s at the end of plural nouns • Syn: ↑bound morpheme • Hypernyms: ↑morpheme • Hyponyms: ↑combining form, ↑affix * * * a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 morpheme — noun a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an s at the end of plural nouns • Syn: ↑bound form • Hypernyms: ↑morpheme • Hyponyms: ↑combining form, ↑affix * * * ˈbound form 7 [ …   Useful english dictionary

• bound — I. /baʊnd / (say bownd) adjective 1. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner. 2. made fast as by a band or bond: bound by one s word. 3. secured within a cover, as a book. 4. constipated; costive. –phrase 5. bound to, a. under obligation to, legally or… …