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- Dictionaryfron·tier/frənˈtir/
noun
- 1. a line or border separating two countries: "international crime knows no frontiers"
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The meaning of FRONTIER is a border between two countries. How to use frontier in a sentence.
a border between two countries, or ( esp. in the past in the US) a border between developed land where white people live and land where Indians live or land that is wild: It was a movie about the hardships of frontier life in the northwest. fig. A frontier is also a border between what is known and what is not known: the frontiers of knowledge.
The noun frontier has several meanings. It can refer to the wilderness at the edge of a settled area (picture covered wagons pushing westward) or it can mean a field of study that has not yet been explored (picture genetically engineering pet dinosaurs).
noun. the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions. Often frontiers. the limit of knowledge or the most advanced achievement in a particular field: the frontiers of physics.
FRONTIER meaning: 1. a border between two countries: 2. the western US where settlers began to move to live in the…. Learn more.
1. countable noun. A frontier is a border between two countries. [British] It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier. regional note: in AM, usually use border. Synonyms: border, limit, edge, bound More Synonyms of frontier. 2. countable noun.
noun. /ˈfrʌntɪə (r)/ /frʌnˈtɪr/ [countable] a line that separates two countries, etc.; the land near this line. frontier (between A and B) the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes. frontier (with something) a customs post on the frontier with Italy. a frontier town/zone/post. Synonyms border. Extra Examples.
the frontier [singular] the edge of land where people live and have built towns, beyond which the country is wild and unknown, especially in the western U.S. in the 19th century a remote frontier settlement.
FRONTIER meaning: 1 : a border between two countries; 2 : a distant area where few people live.
FRONTIER definition: 1. a line or border between two countries 2. the limits of what is known or what has been done…. Learn more.
