binding
pronunciation
How to pronounce binding in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪndɪŋ]
How to pronounce binding in American English:
US [ˈbaɪndɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the capacity to attract and hold something
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- the act of applying a bandage
- the front and back covering of a book
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- Adjective:
- executed with proper legal authority
- hindering freedom of movement
- causing constipation
Word Origin
- binding (n.)
- mid-13c., verbal noun from bind (v.). Meaning "thing that binds" is from c. 1300; "state of being bound" is from late 14c. Meaning "covering of a book" is recorded from 1640s.
Example
- 1. Ensure that a binding deadline is always looming .
- 2. Ultimately its decisions would have binding powers over eu member states .
- 3. The absence of clear principles for intervention and binding rules for their enforcement is forcing the g20 to fill the gap .
- 4. The anonymous content is created automatically whenever a binding is attached to an element .
- 5. They offered binding promises known as the 20 / 20 / 20 pledges .