界 — meaning in English

English meaning

• bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
• field noun An open area of land, especially one used for growing crops, grazing animals, or playing sports.
• kingdom noun A country or territory ruled by a king or queen.
• world noun The Earth, along with all its people, countries, and cultures.

Senses

界 is used for these senses in English:

• bound (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
• field (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
• kingdom (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
• world An individual or group perspective or social setting.

bound — full definition

1. adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
2. adj Heading toward a particular place.
3. adj Certain or very likely to happen.
4. noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
5. verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.

field — full definition

1. noun An open area of land, especially one used for growing crops, grazing animals, or playing sports.
2. noun A particular subject, area of activity, or branch of expertise.
3. verb In sport, to catch or stop a ball and return it into play.
4. verb To handle or respond to something, especially questions or requests.
5. verb To put a team, group, or piece of equipment into use or into a competition.

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