binding - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
binding (comparative more binding, superlative most binding)
- (of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
This contract is a legally binding agreement.
- (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.
- (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): bounden, obligatory
- (antonym(s) of “imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured”): non-binding
- IsiXhosa
Binding - ukunikezelela ngemithetho ethile
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.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
The Python binding is automatically generated.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
spine of a book
- Armenian: կազմ (hy) (kazm)
- Chinese:
- Finnish: selkä (fi)
- French: reliure (fr) f
- German: Bindung (de) f
- Hindi: जिल्द (hi) f (jild)
- Hungarian: kötés (hu)
- Irish: cumhdach m
- Italian: rilegatura (it) f
- Japanese: 背表紙 (せびょうし, sebyōshi)
- Luxembourgish: Aband (lb) m
- Portuguese: lombada (pt) f, lombo (pt) m, dorso (pt) m
- Romanian: legare (ro) f
- Russian: переплёт (ru) m (perepljót)
- Spanish: lomo (es) m
- Swedish: bindning (sv) c
sewing: finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
programming: association of a named item with an element of a program
chemistry: the sticking together
binding
- present participle and gerund of bind
From Middle Dutch bindinge. Equivalent to binden + -ing.
binding f (uncountable)
- binding, tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of fastening something
- connection, bond, tie (association or commitment to someone or something)
binding f (genitive singular bindingar, plural bindingar)
binding
- Alternative form of byndynge
binding f or m (definite singular bindinga or bindingen, indefinite plural bindinger, definite plural bindingene)
binding f (definite singular bindinga, indefinite plural bindingar, definite plural bindingane)
- “binding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.