Bounds
noun
Boundaries or limits.
The company is making an effort to push the bounds of technology.
Often appears as...
- within the bounds
- outside the bounds
verb
To leap or spring up from a surface.
The children were found bounding in the playground.
Often appears as...
- bounds over
- bounds off
noun
The border or boundary of a given place.
I will improve the bounds of my garden next summer.
Often appears as...
- geographic bounds
- property bounds
verb
To be located along the boundary of a place or area.
Our house bounds the national park.
Often appears as...
- bounds the park
- bounds the river
noun
In mathematics, bounds mean upper or lower limits of a sequence or function.
The upper and lower bounds of a sequence often determine the behavior of the sequence.
Often appears as...
- upper bounds
- lower bounds
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Technical
noun
In law, bounds refer to restrictions or constraints.
The contract has legally enforceable bounds which must be followed.
Often appears as...
- legal bounds
- contractual bounds
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Legal
noun
Boundaries or limits.
The company is making an effort to push the bounds of technology.
Often appears as...
- within the bounds
- outside the bounds
verb
To leap or spring up from a surface.
The children were found bounding in the playground.
Often appears as...
- bounds over
- bounds off
noun
The border or boundary of a given place.
I will improve the bounds of my garden next summer.
Often appears as...
- geographic bounds
- property bounds
verb
To be located along the boundary of a place or area.
Our house bounds the national park.
Often appears as...
- bounds the park
- bounds the river
noun
In mathematics, bounds mean upper or lower limits of a sequence or function.
The upper and lower bounds of a sequence often determine the behavior of the sequence.
Often appears as...
- upper bounds
- lower bounds
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In law, bounds refer to restrictions or constraints.
The contract has legally enforceable bounds which must be followed.
Often appears as...
- legal bounds
- contractual bounds
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/2Innovation Context
Used to describe efforts that try to exceed what is considered standard or usual.
The artist is known for stretching the bounds of imagination with his surreal paintings.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Space
Often refers to literal space, setting physical limits of an area or an object.
Please keep the noise within the bounds of your room.
Pro Tip 1/2Innovation Context
Used to describe efforts that try to exceed what is considered standard or usual.
The artist is known for stretching the bounds of imagination with his surreal paintings.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Space
Often refers to literal space, setting physical limits of an area or an object.
Please keep the noise within the bounds of your room.
Pro Tip 1/2Innovation Context
Used to describe efforts that try to exceed what is considered standard or usual.
The artist is known for stretching the bounds of imagination with his surreal paintings.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Space
Often refers to literal space, setting physical limits of an area or an object.
Please keep the noise within the bounds of your room.
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Your brain hallucinates...
In fact, I don't experience them much at all unless they go wrong. And this is important, I think. Perception of the internal state of the body isn't about figuring out what's there, it's about control and regulation -- keeping the physiological variables within the tight bounds
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Governments don't...
to communicate with each other, to reach the outside world and to spread viral awareness of what was happening in their own country. Today, conflict is essentially borderless. If there are bounds to conflict today, they're bound by digital, not physical geography.
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
is I think we're going to actually be able to test those bounds and actually go beyond them where we can take this thing called education this thing that's been scarce is the determinant between the haves and have-nots and like clean
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Leopard vs. the World PIPE...
immediately founds upward with its kill but the lioness decides that she has eyes for the prize and also bounds of the tree survival hair can be a subtle game and this time strengthen the tree branches perfectly even though the
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Sir David Attenborough...
impressed beyond bounds and beyond speech i mean what can be more impressive than the display of the argus pheasant i mean it is just astounding i've been trying to film the argus pheasant forever
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
it's just really important that people have the both the uh the reality and the perception uh that they're able to speak freely within the bounds of the law um you know so one of the things that i
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Aicha Evans: Your...
digital representation, of the world and the interactions within it. It has benefited from leaps and bounds of advancements thanks to computer, sensors, machine learning and software innovation.
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Everything you need to...
in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line, "Life and death appear to me ideal bounds which I should first break through
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Elizabeth Zion: The need...
It’s a quiet type of love, but it knows no bounds for his family. I cannot possibly begin to express how devastating it would be to continue living life this way,
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The story of life in...
And cetaceans moved into a world without bounds.
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Your brain hallucinates...
In fact, I don't experience them much at all unless they go wrong. And this is important, I think. Perception of the internal state of the body isn't about figuring out what's there, it's about control and regulation -- keeping the physiological variables within the tight bounds
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Governments don't...
to communicate with each other, to reach the outside world and to spread viral awareness of what was happening in their own country. Today, conflict is essentially borderless. If there are bounds to conflict today, they're bound by digital, not physical geography.
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
is I think we're going to actually be able to test those bounds and actually go beyond them where we can take this thing called education this thing that's been scarce is the determinant between the haves and have-nots and like clean
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Leopard vs. the World PIPE...
immediately founds upward with its kill but the lioness decides that she has eyes for the prize and also bounds of the tree survival hair can be a subtle game and this time strengthen the tree branches perfectly even though the
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Sir David Attenborough...
impressed beyond bounds and beyond speech i mean what can be more impressive than the display of the argus pheasant i mean it is just astounding i've been trying to film the argus pheasant forever
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
it's just really important that people have the both the uh the reality and the perception uh that they're able to speak freely within the bounds of the law um you know so one of the things that i
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Aicha Evans: Your...
digital representation, of the world and the interactions within it. It has benefited from leaps and bounds of advancements thanks to computer, sensors, machine learning and software innovation.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line, "Life and death appear to me ideal bounds which I should first break through
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Elizabeth Zion: The need...
It’s a quiet type of love, but it knows no bounds for his family. I cannot possibly begin to express how devastating it would be to continue living life this way,
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The story of life in...
And cetaceans moved into a world without bounds.
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Sydney Brenner
British Scientist
Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds.
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Sadiq Khan
British Politician
Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.
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Tommy Shaw
American Musician
I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.
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James Nesbitt
Irish Actor
I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
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Le'Veon Bell
American Athlete
I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.
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Benjamin Banneker
American Scientist
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
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Vinoba Bhave
Indian Educator
It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.
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Jimi Manuwa
British Athlete
MMA has improved my life leaps and bounds.
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Sydney Brenner
British Scientist
Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds.
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Sadiq Khan
British Politician
Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.
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Tommy Shaw
American Musician
I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.
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James Nesbitt
Irish Actor
I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
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Le'Veon Bell
American Athlete
I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.
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Benjamin Banneker
American Scientist
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
Quote examples
Vinoba Bhave
Indian Educator
It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.
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Jimi Manuwa
British Athlete
MMA has improved my life leaps and bounds.
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