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frontière — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrier noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
  • border noun The line separating two countries, states, or regions.
  • borderline adj Not clearly on one side or the other; right at the edge of acceptable, safe, or normal.
  • bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  • boundary noun A line or edge that marks where one area ends and another begins.
  • frontier noun The border area between two countries, or the edge of settled and unsettled land.

Senses

frontière is used for these senses in English:

  • barrier A boundary or limit.
  • border The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
  • borderline (countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.
  • bound (often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
  • boundary the dividing line or location between two areas
  • boundary (topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set
  • frontier The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.

barrier — full definition

  1. noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
  2. noun Something that prevents progress or makes an action difficult.

border — full definition

  1. noun The line separating two countries, states, or regions.
  2. noun The outer edge of something, or a decorative strip around that edge.
  3. verb To share a boundary with, or lie right next to.

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