are bound by

См. также в других словарях:

• bound — [baʊnd] adjective LAW be bound if someone is bound by a law, promise, or agreement, they have to do what it says: • He is still bound by his contract with the record label. • The developer is legally bound to abide by the conditions in the… …   Financial and business terms

• 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Bound is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dog {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 bound to do sth certain to do sth VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ almost …   Collocations dictionary

• bound — 01. I don t know how you think you can keep it a secret; someone is [bound] to find out sooner or later. 02. Housing prices are [bound] to go up this year because interest rates have come down. 03. The ferry was [bound] for a small island off the …   Grammatical examples in English

• bound — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English boun, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to Old High German būan to dwell more at bower Date: 13th century 1. archaic ready 2. intending to go ; going …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bound — I adjective 1) he raised his bound ankles Syn: tied, restrained, fixed, fastened, secured 2) she seemed bound to win Syn: certain, sure, very likely, destined 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• bound variable — A variable x is bound in a formula if it is within the scope of a quantifier (in first order logic, (∀x ) or (∃x )). Intuitively this means that as the formula is evaluated and x in this occurrence is assigned to an object, the quantified… …   Philosophy dictionary