1
[ adjective ] closely or inseparably connected or associated with

Examples

"his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise"

Used in print

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

By an effort of historical sympathy we can cast our minds back into the art of a remote past or an alien present , and enjoy the carvings of cavemen and Japanese colour prints ; but the possibility of this effort is bound_up with that development of historical thought which is the greatest achievement of our civilization in the last two centuries , and it is utterly impossible to people in whom this development has not taken_place .

Related terms

related

2
[ adjective ] deeply devoted to

Synonyms

wrapped_up

Examples

"bound up in her teaching" "is wrapped up in his family"

Related terms

committed

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