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time-bound

time-bound is the alternative form of timebound.

Meaning of timebound

Adjective

timebound (comparative more timebound, superlative most timebound)

  1. Attached to a certain moment or era in time.
    • Because speech is timebound and words can come only one after the other, the way we stall, stumble and start again provides clues to the way we render thought with sound.2007 August 19, Christine Kenneally, “Thinking Out Loud”, in New York Times
  2. Focused on the passage of time, and on deadlines, etc.
    • Time-blind societies are more relaxed and have a more casual attitude towards punctuality than their “time-bound” peers.2009, Susan Cartwright, Cary L. Cooper, The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well-being, page 305
    Antonyms:
    time-blind

Phrases with time-bound

Questions about time-bound

What is time-bound the alternative form of?
Time-bound is the alternative form of timebound.

Words near time-bound in the dictionary

  1. time-blindness
  2. time-bomb
  3. time-bombs
  4. time-book
  5. time-books
  6. time-bound
  7. time-bound measure
  8. time-bound measures
  9. time-bound program
  10. time-card
  11. time-cards

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