binding
Syllables: bind·ing/ˈbaɪndɪŋ/
binding adjective: imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. Also the present participle and gerund of bind.
Adjective
binding (comparative more binding, superlative most binding)
- Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
- This contract is a legally binding agreement.
- A sworn statement (i.e., "made under oath)"is legally binding.
- Synonyms:
- bounden, obligatory
- Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
- Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.
Noun
binding (plural bindings)
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- The Python binding is automatically generated.
- The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
Also used as
binding is also the present participle and gerund of bind.
binding meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Gujarati and Nepali
binding in Hindi
- item holding things tightly together
- जिल्द jild
- spine of a book
- जिल्द jild
binding in Kannada
- ಬೈಂಡಿಂಗ್
binding in Gujarati
- બંધનકર્તા, બંધનકર્ત્રી, બંધનકર્તવ્ય
binding in Nepali
- बाँधिने, बाँधाई
More languagesFewer languages
- binding in Persian
- الزامآور elzâm-âvar
Examples of binding in a sentence
- We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding.
- Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.
- Once a decision has been reached and notified to the parties it becomes binding.
Synonyms of binding
Antonyms
Forms of binding
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more binding |
| superlative | most binding |
| Noun | |
| plural | bindings |
Origin of binding
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
Words formed from binding
- adapter binding
- bias binding
- binding energy
- data binding
- dynamic binding
- early binding
- half binding
- key binding
- late binding
- law binding
- name binding
- nuclear binding energy
- perfect binding
- quality binding
- Roxburgh binding
- single-strand binding protein
- stab binding
- static binding
- variable binding
- binding agent
- bindingless
- bindingly
- bindingness
- binding number
- binding problem
- bookbinding
- cobinding
- egg binding
- FNBP1
- footbinding
- head binding
- immunobinding
- legally binding
- make the cheese more binding
- nonbinding
- phosphobinding
- radiobinding
- spellbinding
- time binding
- time-binding
- binding tape
- Roxburghe binding
Phrases with binding
Words that rhyme with binding
Questions about binding
- What does binding mean?
- Binding means imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
- What is binding in Hindi?
- Binding in Hindi is जिल्द (jild). See Binding meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is binding?
- Binding can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce binding?
- Binding is pronounced /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/.
Words near binding in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: binding (page history and authors); binding (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); binding (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); binding (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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