binding

1. 1.

   executed with proper legal authority

   “a binding contract”

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Other forms of binding

plural

bindings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about binding

What does binding mean?

binding means "the capacity to attract and hold something". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in binding?

binding has 2 syllables: bin-ding. The stress falls on "bin". In IPA it is /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/.

What is another word for binding?

Close synonyms include dressing, bandaging, ski binding, book binding, cover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is binding a common word?

binding is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with binding?

1 word rhymes with binding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.