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Be bound + to-infinitive is used to refer to future events which are certain or very likely to happen:

Kevin is stuck in a traffic jam, so he is bound to be late.

Modals to express possibility: MAY, MIGHT, CAN, COULD

May and might + infinitive are used to express present or future possibility. May expresses a greater degree of certainty: