🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

binden

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bin-den

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bind/baɪnd/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie beschloss, die Bücher zusammen zu binden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To tie or fasten something tightly.

    "She decided to bind the books together with a string."
As noun
  1. 1

    A restriction or obligation.

    "He felt a strong bind to his family commitments."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'bind' originates from the Old English 'bindan', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*bindaną'. Historically, it has evolved from a physical sense of tying or fastening to more abstract meanings of connection and obligation.

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