# bounded

Pronunciation: say "BOWN-did" /ˈbaʊndɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bound. — simple past and past participle of bound
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bound. Use this form for something that happened before or has already happened.
   - _The hikers bounded down the trail, eager to reach the lake._
   - _Her enthusiasm was bounded only by the time she had available._

## Adjective

2. Able to be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
   - Simple: Able to fit completely inside a circle or ball of some fixed size.
   - _The interval from zero to one is bounded, since every point lies within a finite distance._
   - _Analysts confirmed the sequence was bounded before showing that it converged._
3. Having a least element and a greatest element, so that every member lies between the two.
   - Simple: Having both a smallest and a largest member, so every value falls between the two.
   - _The set is bounded, with its members ranging between a fixed minimum and a fixed maximum._
   - _Mathematicians showed the ordered collection was bounded by identifying its least and greatest elements._

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