Bond definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Bond definition: A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love , or shared beliefs and... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'bond'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× bond (bɒnd ) Wordforms:plural,3rdpersonsingularpresent tensebonds ,presentparticiplebonding ,pasttense,pastparticiplebonded 1. countablenoun Abondbetweenpeopleisastrongfeelingoffriendship,love,orsharedbeliefsandexperiencesthatunitesthem. Theexperiencecreatedaveryspecialbondbetweenus.[+between] ...thebondthatlinkedthem. Synonyms:tie,union,coupling,link MoreSynonymsofbond 2. verb Whenpeoplebondwitheachother,theyformarelationshipbasedonloveorsharedbeliefsandexperiences. Youcanalsosaythatpeoplebondorthatsomethingbondsthem. Belindawashavingdifficultybondingwiththebaby.[VERB+with] Theyallbondedwhilewritinggraffititogether.[VERB] Whathadbondedtheminstantlyandsocompletelywastheirsimilarbackground.[VERBnoun] TheplayersarebondedbyaspiritthatisrarelyseeninanEnglishteam.[VERB-ed] [AlsoVERBnoun+with]Synonyms:formfriendships,connect,formcloseties,gettoknowoneanotherwell MoreSynonymsofbond bonding uncountablenounTheyexpectbondingtooccurnaturally. 3. countablenoun Abondbetweenpeopleorgroupsisacloseconnectionthattheyhavewitheachother,forexamplebecausetheyhaveaspecialagreement. ...thestrongbondbetweenchurchandnation.[+between] ...herpoliticalbondwiththeAmericanpresident.[+with] 4. pluralnoun[oftNOUNofnoun] Bondsarefeelings,duties,orcustomsthatforceyoutobehaveinaparticularway. [literary]Freedfromthebondsofconvention,themindrespondswithnewsolutions. Wemust,somehow,findawaytoloosenthebondsoftradition. 5. countablenoun Abondbetweentwothingsisthewayinwhichtheysticktooneanotherorarejoinedinsomeway. Thesupergluemaynotcreateabondwithsomeplastics. Themoleculecontainsfourcarbonatomswithatriplebondbetweentwoofthem. 6. verb Whenonethingbondswithanother,itstickstoitorbecomesjoinedtoitinsomeway.Youcanalsosaythat twothingsbondtogether,orthatsomethingbondsthemtogether. Diamondmaybestronginitself,butitdoesnotbondwellwithothermaterials.[VERB+with] Ingraphitesheets,carbonatomsbondtogetherinrings.[Vwithtogether] Stripsofwoodarebondedtogetherandmouldedbymachine.[beV-ed+together] [AlsoVERBnoun+with]Synonyms:fix,hold,bind,connect MoreSynonymsofbond 7. countablenoun Whenagovernmentorcompanyissuesabond,itborrowsmoneyfrominvestors.Thecertificatewhichisissuedtoinvestorswholendmoneyisalsocalledabond. [business]Mostofitwillbefinancedbygovernmentbonds. ...therecentsharpdeclineinbondprices. 8. Seealsojunkbond,premiumbond MoreSynonymsofbond COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof bond Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'bond' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'bond' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'reiki' HindiTranslationof'bond' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency bondinBritishEnglish (bɒnd ) noun1. somethingthatbinds,fastens,orholdstogether,suchasachainorrope 2. (oftenplural) somethingthatbringsorholdspeopletogether;tie abondoffriendship 3. (plural) somethingthatrestrainsorimprisons;captivityorimprisonment 4. somethingthatgovernsbehaviour;obligation;duty 5. awrittenorspokenagreement,espapromise marriagebond 6. adhesivequalityorstrength 7. finance acertificateofdebtissuedinordertoraisefunds.Itcarriesafixedrateofinterestandisrepayablewithorwithoutsecurityataspecifiedfuturedate 8. law awrittenacknowledgmentofanobligationtopayasumortoperformacontract 9. insurance,USandCanadian apolicyguaranteeingpaymentofastatedsumtoanemployerincompensationforfinanciallossesincurredthroughillegalorunauthorizedactsofanemployee 10. anyofvariousarrangementsofbricksorstonesinawallinwhichtheyoverlapsoastoprovidestrength 11. Seechemicalbond 12. Seebondpaper 13. Seeinbond verb(mainlytr)14. (alsointr) toholdorbeheldtogether,asbyaropeoranadhesive;bind;connect 15. aeronautics tojoin(metallicpartsofanaircraft)togethersuchthattheyareelectricallyinterconnected 16. toputorhold(goods)inbond 17. law toplaceunderbond 18. finance toissuebondson;mortgage 19. toarrange(bricks,etc)inabond CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC13:fromOldNorseband;seeband2 WordFrequency BondinBritishEnglish (bɒnd ) noun Edward.born1934,Britishdramatist:hisplays,includingSaved(1965),Lear(1971),Restoration(1981),andIntheCompanyofMen(1990),arenotedfortheirviolentimageryandsocialistcommitment CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency bondinAmericanEnglish1 (bɑnd ) noun1.  anythingthatbinds,fastens,orrestrains 2. [pl.]a.  fetters;shackles b. Archaic imprisonment;captivity 3. a.  abindingorunitingforce;tie;link thebondsoffriendship b.  afasteningoradhesion,asbyglue,solder,etc. 4.  abindingagreement;covenant 5.  adutyorobligationimposedbyacontract,promise,etc. 6.  asubstanceordevice,asglue,solder,orachain,whichholdsthingstogetheror unitesthem 7.  bondpaper 8. Chemistrya.  aunitofcombiningcapacityequivalenttooneatomofhydrogen:representedinstructuralformulasbyadashordot b.  anelectrostaticattractionbetweenatomsorgroupsofatomsthatformsastableaggregateunit,suchasamoleculeormetal 9. Businessa.  anagreementbyanagencyholdingtaxableordutiablegoodsthattaxesordutiesonthemwillbepaidbeforetheyaresold b.  theconditionofgoodskeptinawarehouseuntiltaxesordutiesarepaid c.  aninsurancecontractbywhichabondingagencyguaranteespaymentofaspecifiedsumtothepayeeintheeventofafinanciallosscausedasbytheactofaspecifiedemployeeor bysomecontingencyoverwhichthepayeehasnocontrol 10. Finance aninterest-bearingcertificateissuedbyagovernmentorbusiness,promisingtopaytheholderaspecifiedsumonaspecifieddate:itisacommonmeansofraisingcapitalfunds 11. Lawa.  awrittenobligationtopayspecifiedsums,ortodoornotdospecifiedthings b.  anamountpaidassuretyorbail c. Archaic abondsman,orsurety 12. Masonry thewayinwhichbricks,stones,etc.arelappedupononeanotherinbuilding verbtransitive13.  toconnectorfastenwithoraswithabond;bind 14.  tofurnishabond,orbail,andthusbecomeasuretyfor(someone) 15.  toplaceorhold(goods)inorunderbond 16.  toissueinterest-bearingcertificateson 17.  toputunderbondeddebt 18.  toarrange(timbers,bricks,etc.)inapatternthatgivesstrength verbintransitive19.  toconnect,holdtogether,orsolidifybyorasbyabond Idioms:bottledinbond Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsbondable(ˈbondable) adjective bonder(ˈbonder) noun WordoriginMEbond,band:seeband1 WordFrequency bondinAmericanEnglish2 (bɑnd ) noun1. Obsolete aserforslave adjective2. Obsolete inserfdomorslavery Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEbonde