bind

B2 · Upper Intermediate Law Formal

v. to force someone to do something because of a law, a promise, or a contract.

v. to impose a legal or moral obligation upon a person or entity. Often used in the passive voice.

日本語:縛る※

“The contract will bind both companies to the agreement for three years.”

“The treaty is designed to bind all signatory nations to a strict schedule of carbon emission reductions over the next decade.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Science

v. to make things stay together in a single mass, like ingredients in cooking.

v. to cause separate particles or substances to cohere or form a unified mass through chemical or physical attraction.

“You can add an egg to the mixture to help the breadcrumbs bind to the meat.”

“The researchers observed how the protein molecules bind to the surface of the cell, triggering a specific immune response.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to put the pages of a book together and fasten them inside a cover.

v. to assemble and fasten the sheets of a book together within a protective cover.

“The local shop can bind your university thesis in a professional leather cover.”

“The rare manuscript was bound in vellum during the sixteenth century, preserving the delicate parchment pages from environmental damage.”

C1 · Advanced Computing Technical

v. to connect a name or a key to a specific value or action in a computer program.

v. to associate an identifier with a value, or a symbolic name with a physical memory address or executable code.

“You can bind the 'jump' action to the spacebar in the game settings.”

“The framework allows developers to bind UI components directly to data models, ensuring the interface updates automatically when the underlying data changes.”

C2 · Proficiency British English · Dialect

v. to complain or whine about something in an annoying way.

v. to grumble, complain, or whine persistently.

“Stop binding about the weather and just put on a coat.”

“He spent the entire afternoon binding about the minor changes to the office layout, much to the annoyance of his colleagues.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Informal

n. a difficult situation where it is hard to decide what to do.

n. a difficult, restrictive, or embarrassing situation; a predicament.

“I'm in a bit of a bind because I promised to be in two places at once.”

“The sudden cancellation of the flight put the legal team in a serious bind, as they were expected in court the following morning.”