bounds in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bounds in the English»French Dictionary

I.bound [Brit baʊnd, Am baʊnd] VB pt VB pp

bound → bind

II.bound [Brit baʊnd, Am baʊnd] N

IV.bound [Brit baʊnd, Am baʊnd] ADJ

V.bound [Brit baʊnd, Am baʊnd] VB trans (border)

VI.bound [Brit baʊnd, Am baʊnd] VB intr

See also bind

I.bind [Brit bʌɪnd, Am baɪnd] N inf

II.bind <pret, pp bound> [Brit bʌɪnd, Am baɪnd] VB trans

III.bind <pret, pp bound> [Brit bʌɪnd, Am baɪnd] VB intr

culture-bound [Am ˈkəltʃərˌbaʊnd] ADJ

desk-bound [Am ˈdɛskˌbaʊnd] ADJ

college-bound [ˌkɒlɪdʒˈbaʊnd] ADJ Am SCHOOL

rock-bound [Am ˈrɑkˌbaʊnd] ADJ

bounds in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bounds in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

See also bind

III.bind <bound, bound> [baɪnd] VB trans

Translations for bounds in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

bounds Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be out of bounds to sb
by leaps and bounds
to keep sth within bounds
to know no bounds
out of bounds
to do sth by leaps and bounds
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
She reportedly staked out a good farm, but lost it due to describing its metes and bounds inaccurately at the land office.
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It had functioned throughout the period of civil war as a sanctuary that was out of bounds for combatants.
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We don't want to overstep the bounds of our authority.
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However, the urban expansion occurred since the 1950s made the bounds between the localities nearby imperceptible.
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Wicker furniture has come on in leaps and bounds since the days it was confined to the conservatory.
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They regained possession with 1:40 remaining, but an inexperienced quarterback unintentionally stopped the clock by going out of bounds.
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These rise just a few centimetres above the water level of the "bodden" and are out of bounds to visitors.
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Lower bounds on p depend on the interconnection topology since it is generally impossible to make all wires short.
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Lower bounds are most often found by exhibiting specific codes, either with use of a variety of methods from discrete mathematics, or through heavy computer searching.
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The viaduct itself however is out of bounds.
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