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- [bond]
- /bɒnd/
- /bɒnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bond]
- /bɒnd/
Definitions of bond word
- countable noun bond A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them. 3
- verb bond When people bond with each other, they form a relationship based on love or shared beliefs and experiences. You can also say that people bond or that something bonds them. 3
- countable noun bond A bond between people or groups is a close connection that they have with each other, for example because they have a special agreement. 3
- noun plural bond Bonds are feelings, duties, or customs that force you to behave in a particular way. 3
- countable noun bond A bond between two things is the way in which they stick to one another or are joined in some way. 3
- verb bond When one thing bonds with another, it sticks to it or becomes joined to it in some way. You can also say that two things bond together, or that something bonds them together. 3
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Origin of bond
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English (noun); variant of band3
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Parts of speech for Bond
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bond popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bond usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bond
noun bond
- fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
- tie-in — pertaining to or designating a sale in which the buyer in order to get the item desired must also purchase one or more other, usually undesired, items.
- binding — A binding promise, agreement, or decision must be obeyed or carried out.
- handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
verb bond
- bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- glue — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- connect — If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- fuse — Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
Antonyms for bond
noun bond
- divorce — a divorced man.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
verb bond
- loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- unfasten — to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- unstick — to free, as one thing stuck to another.
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