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Binding
//ˈbaɪndɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. usually
"This contract is a legally binding agreement."
- 2 Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
"Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding."
Adjective
- 1 executed with proper legal authority wordnet
Noun
- 1 An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- 2 the act of applying a bandage wordnet
- 3 The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- 4 the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book wordnet
- 5 A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
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- 6 strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration wordnet
- 7 The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- 8 one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall wordnet
- 9 The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
"The Python binding is automatically generated."
- 10 the capacity to attract and hold something wordnet
- 11 The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bind form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
Etymology 3
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
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