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1. (n.) frontier
the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
2. frontier
land that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions.
3. frontier
Often, frontiers.
4. frontier
the limit of knowledge or the most advanced achievement in a particular field.
5. (adj.) frontier
of, pertaining to, or located on the frontier:
a frontier town.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME frounter < OF frontier, der. of frontfront)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) frontier
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
"the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
2. (noun) frontier
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
3. (noun) frontier
an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
"he worked at the frontier of brain science"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Frontier
lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town
2. (adj) Frontier
of or relating to a frontier
3. (noun) Frontier
that part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization
4. (noun) Frontier
an outwork
5. (verb) Frontier
to constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on
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Sense: a boundary between countries
We crossed the frontier; (
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 Afrikaans: grens |
 Arabic: حَد |
 Bulgarian: граница |
 Brazilian: fronteira |
 Czech: hranice; pohraniční |
 German: die Grenze, Grenz-... |
 Danish: grænse; grænse- |
 Greek: σύνορο, μεθοριακός, παραμ |
 Spanish: frontera |
 Estonian: piir |
 Farsi: مرز |
 Finnish: raja |
 French: frontière |
 Hebrew: גְבוּל |
 Hindi: सरहद |
 Croatian: granica; pogranični, gran |
 Hungarian: (ország)határ |
 Indonesian: perbatasan |
 Icelandic: landamæri |
 Italian: frontiera, di frontiera |
 Japanese: 国境 |
 Korean: 국경 |
 Lithuanian: siena; pasienio |
 Latvian: robeža; robežas- |
 Malay: sempadan negara |
 Dutch: grens |
 Norwegian: grense(-) |
 Polish: granica |
 Persian: مرز |
 Pashto: ټاپى، پوله، ټك، سرحد، ويش |
 Portuguese: fronteira |
 Romanian: (de) frontieră |
 Russian: граница |
 Slovak: hranica; pohraničný |
 Slovenian: meja; mejen |
 Serbian: granica |
 Swedish: gräns |
 Thai: เขตแดน |
 Turkish: hudut, sınır |
 Taiwanese: 國境 |
 Ukrainian: кордон |
 Urdu: دو ملکوں کے بیچ کی سرحد |
 Vietnamese: biên giới |
 Chinese: 国境 |
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