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bound

adjective
verb
noun
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adjective
1 adjective certainshe was bound to find out about it gheobhadh sí amach faoi luath nó mall, ní cheilfí go deo uirthi éit was bound to happen chaithfeadh sé tarlú, bheifeá ag súil go dtarlódh sé, ní bheifeá ag súil lena mhalairtyou're bound to be tired caithfidh sé go bhfuil tú tuirseach, ní foláir nó tá tú tuirseach 2 adjective legally etcapplicants will be bound by the rules beidh ar iarrthóirí cloí leis na rialacha
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3 adjective of destinationwhere are you bound? cá bhfuil do thriall?they were bound for the airport ag triall ar an aerfort a bhí siad, ar a mbealach go dtí an t-aerfort a bhí siad 4 adjective of fate etcshe was bound for great things bhí rudaí iontacha i ndán di, bhí rudaí iontacha roimpi amach 5 adjective PUBL of bookceangailte adj3  c m u
verb
6 verb leap INTRANSITIVEléim verb  c m upocléim a thabhairtbheith ag pocléim  c m ushe bounded up the stairs chuaigh sí ag preabadh suas an staighre, chuaigh sí suas an staighre de thruslóga móra 7 verb form boundary of TRANSITIVEbheith timpeall ar  c m ubheith thart ar  c m uthe field is bounded by high walls tá claíocha arda thart ar an ngort 8 verb restrict TRANSITIVEsrian a chur le  c m uteorainn a chur le  c m uall research is bounded by rules cuireann rialacha srian ar gach taighde
noun
9 noun literary leapléim fem2  c m uabhóg fem2  c m ushe crossed the ditch in a single bound chuaigh sí thar an díog d'aon abhóg amháin
phrases

to know no bounds

their welcome knows no bounds níl aon teorainn lena bhfáilteher knowledge knows no bounds níl a sárú le fáil maidir le heolas, tá eolas as cuimse aici

out of bounds

1 of placecoiscthe  c m uthe cave is out of bounds for all níl cead isteach ag aon duine sa phluais, tá an phluais coiscthe ar gach duine 2 SPOR of ball or playerthar teorainn 3 of topicone subject was out of bounds bhí ábhar amháin ann nach raibh cead é a phlé, bhí aon ábhar amháin ann nach raibh inphléite

to be bound together by sth

bheith gafa le chéile de bharr ruda

to be bound up with sth

(also

to be bound up in sth

) bheith ceangailte go dlúth le rudbheith fite fuaite le rudher self-esteem was bound up with her weight bhí ceangal dlúth idir a féinmheas agus a meáchan

I'll be bound

cuirfidh mé geallgeallaim duitmise i mbannaí duitbíodh geall

I'm bound to say

caithfidh mé a rání mór dom a rá

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