bounds
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds )
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something that restrains or confines, esp the standards of a society
within the bounds of modesty
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See beat
Example Sentences
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Now she’s got everybody out of bounds, then she taps it real soft and it falls in front of them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
While it did not fly into exactly the correct orbit, Huot said it was travelling along a trajectory that was "within bounds".
From BBC • May 23, 2026
“Now…they can shift their gears to the South, which still remains out of bounds for them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
When Marcello Hernández speaks, his voice takes ebullient leaps and bounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
And then, before I can say anything else, she bounds away from me, down the stairs.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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