Bound

/baʊnd/ adjective

Certain or very likely to do something; or tied and unable to move freely.

From Old French “bond” or “band,” meaning “tie, fetter,” related to “bind.” The idea of being tied led to figurative senses like being “bound” for a place or “bound” to do something.

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