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in a bind

in a bind
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in ey bahynd]
    • /ɪn eɪ baɪnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in ey bahynd]
    • /ɪn eɪ baɪnd/

Definition of in a bind words

  • adjective in a bind in a difficult situation 1
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Parts of speech for In a bind

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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in a bind 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".

Synonyms for in a bind

adj in a bind

  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
  • behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
  • belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
  • blown — Blown is the past participle of blow1.
All 33 Synonyms of in a bind

Antonyms for in a bind

adj in a bind

  • on time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
  • antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
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