bound

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a line determining the limits of an area
  2. noun the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  3. noun the greatest possible degree of something

Etymology

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.

In classic literature

Synonyms

boundary, edge

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