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noun

ˈbän-diŋ How to pronounce bonding (audio)
Definition of bondingnext
as in adhesion
a physical sticking to as if by glue this epoxy has good bonding for glass and ceramics

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verb

present participle of bond
as in communing
to form a close personal relationship a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson

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Recent Examples of bonding
Noun
The stadium will be funded through the state’s bonding program called sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds that stretch across a sweeping two-county district. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 And the 40-something daughter has brought along her mother for a weekend of spa time, tea time, and bonding. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
Regardless, Lowen starts working while bonding with Verity’s grieving husband, Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), and their son, Crew. — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026 This summer, Rodgers put together a team-bonding trip to a ranch out west for four days. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bonding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonding
  1. adhesion
  2. communing
  3. cling
  4. relating
  5. adherence
Noun
  • Entering the Parabolica, the course’s final curve, his rear tires overheated and lost adhesion, and the car spun off the track at some hundred and fifty miles an hour.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The choice of materials, their adhesion and the design of the part all matter.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of adhesion
Verb
  • But that’s preferable to the movie’s swerve into saccharine grief therapy, as Jay starts communing with Mitt once the dead dad and the whale become a single soul.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For well-heeled, globe-trotting diners, Noma offered an escape from modernity and the sensation of communing with something more elemental and earthbound.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of communing
Noun
  • Deep in the humid greenery of a Sumatran rainforest, serenaded by birdsong and the jungle’s endless thrum, a baby orangutan clings to its mother.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Crow—the ever-optimist, as her body of work proves—clings on to the glimmers of hope from leaders of the world who do show us the best parts of humanity.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cling
Verb
  • Conflict with Indigenous peoples on the Maine frontier had sent traumatized refugees into the region, relating horror stories of attacks on their homes.
    — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Vollmann was also pessimistic, relating that feeling comes from more than America’s current political issues, but also from the world’s environmental problems.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of relating
Noun
  • Kyiv has also ended its brief adherence to the energy ceasefire Trump declared unilaterally earlier this month.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The more meaningful questions are whether RPM caught deterioration earlier, improved medication adherence or let clinicians intervene before a patient worsened.
    — Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of adherence

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