ADV
- almost
- These problems were almost bound to arise
VERBS
- be, feel
- become
- remain
- hold sb
- The president said the country could not be held bound by a treaty signed by the previous regime
ADJ
- absolutely
- irrevocably
- by law, contractually, legally
- Officials are bound by law to investigate any possible fraud. He was legally bound to report them to the authorities
- (in) honour, in duty (also duty-bound), morally
- I felt in duty bound to report the incident
PREP
- by
- We are legally bound by this decision
PREP
- for
- tourists who are bound for Europe
ADV
- closely, intimately
- inevitably, inextricably
- intrinsically
- together
- A person's name and their sense of their own identity are often closely bound up together
PREP
- with
- From that moment my life became inextricably bound up with hers