Definitions for Frontier
frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-; also, esp. Brit., ˈfrʌn tɪərfron·tier

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 5 votes

1. frontiernoun

   a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

   "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

2. frontiernoun

   an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary

3. frontiernoun

   an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development

   "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontiernoun

   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.

2. frontieradjective

   Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous.

   a frontier town

3. frontieradjective

   Of or relating to a frontier.

4. Etymology: From fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontieradjective

   Bordering.

   A place there lies on Gallia’s utmost bounds,
   Where rising seas insult the frontier grounds. Addison.

2. Frontiernoun

   The marches; the limit; the utmost verge of any territory; the border: properly that which terminates not at the sea, but fronts another country.

   Etymology: frontiere, French.

   Draw all the inhabitants of those borders away, or plant garrisons upon all those frontiers about him. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   I upon my frontiers here
   Keep residence,
   That little which is left so to defend. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontier

   A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches). Unlike a border—a rigid and clear-cut form of state boundary—in the most general sense a frontier can be fuzzy or diffuse. For example, the frontier between the Eastern United States and the Old West in the 1800s was an area where European American settlements gradually thinned out and gave way to Native American settlements or uninhabited land. The frontier was not always a single continuous area, as California and various large cities were populated before the land that connected those to the East. Frontiers and borders also imply different geopolitical strategies. In Ancient Rome, the Roman Republic experienced a period of active expansion and creating new frontiers. From the reign of Augustus onward, the Roman borders turned into defensive boundaries that divided the Roman and non-Roman realms. In the eleventh-century China, China's Song Dynasty defended its northern border with the nomadic Liao empire by building an extensive manmade forest. Later in the early twelfth century, Song Dynasty invaded the Liao and dismantled the northern forest, converting the former defensive border into an expanding frontier.In modern history, colonialism and imperialism has applied and produced elaborate use and concepts of a frontier, especially in the settler colonial states of North America, expressed by the "Manifest Destiny" and "Frontier Thesis". Mobile frontiers was discussed during the Schengen convention. It was used by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru to describe Mao Zedong's actions of grabbing Indian territory before and during the 1962 War through a creeping process. Albert Nevett, in his 1954 book "India Going Red?" wrote that "The Empire of Soviet Communism has 'mobile frontiers'".

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontier

   Frontier generally refers to a border, boundary, or a limit beyond which something extends or occurs. It can also represent an area or field of activity, knowledge, or exploration that is uncharted or yet to be fully explored. The term originated from the geographical context, referring to the westernmost part of a country, where the land is wild and unsettled.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Frontiernoun

   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

2. Frontiernoun

   an outwork

3. Frontieradjective

   lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town

4. Frontieradjective

   of or relating to a frontier

5. Frontierverb

   to constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on

6. Etymology: [F. frontire, LL. frontaria. See Front.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontier

   A frontier is the political and geographical areas near or beyond a boundary. The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts on another country. The word "frontier" also means a region at the edge of a settled area, especially in North American development. It is a transition zone where explorers, pioneers and settlers were arriving. That is, as pioneers moved into the "frontier zone", they were changed by the encounter. That is what Frederick Jackson Turner calls "the significance of the frontier." For example, Turner argues that, in United States' 1893, one change was that unlimited free land in this zone was available, and thus offered the psychological sense of unlimited opportunity. This, in turn, had many consequences such as optimism, future orientation, shedding of restraints due to land scarcity, and wastefulness of natural resources.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontier

   front′ēr, n. the boundary of a territory: (Shak.) an outwork.—adj. lying on the frontier: bordering.—v.t. (Spens.) to place on the frontier.—n. Front′iersman, one settled on the borders of a country. [O. Fr. frontier—L. frons.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontier

   The limits or borders of a country.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontier

   That part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the marches; the border, confines, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; hence, a fortified or guarded position. Also, lying on the exterior part; as, a frontier town. Acquired on a frontier; as, frontier experience.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontier

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Matched Categories

1. • Boundary
   • Discipline
   • Wilderness

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Frontier' in Nouns Frequency: #2456

How to pronounce Frontier?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Frontier in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Frontier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Frontier in a Sentence

1. Audrey Powers:

   When you had Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin basically get up there and take civilians into space – and it might have only been an 11-minute ride, but you think about what could happen, there's so many ambitious goals that are coming out of these programs, and Time Magazine named Elon Musk the man of the year. And it's not just because of electric vehicles. … I think that it's much more about the vision and the pioneer spirit and the next frontier, which is space.

2. Robert Thompson:

   In many ways, the Mafia took over from the Western as the great American epic, it's about the settling of the urban frontier as opposed to the geographical frontier, and it's also a great immigration story.

3. Katie Moussouris:

   Open-source software suffers from chronic underinvestment in security, much like most private companies, today's threats like Log4j represent the global frontier of complexity this board is poised to analyze to the benefit of all.

4. Lennard Davis:

   I think the next frontier is the cultural frontier, which is getting perfectly acceptable images of people with disabilities out there in the world.

5. Kevin Warsh:

   Unless American policymakers recognize the new technology frontier, the U.S. runs the risk of losing the privilege of currency dominance.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Frontier
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frontier
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Frontier
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Frontier
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Frontier
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Frontier
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Frontier
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html