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Grenze — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ambit noun The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
  • barrier noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
  • border noun The line separating two countries, states, or regions.
  • 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.
  • limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
  • tether noun A rope or chain that keeps an animal or object within a limited range while still allowing some movement.

Senses

Grenze is used for these senses in English:

  • ambit (archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
  • barrier A boundary or limit.
  • border The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
  • 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
  • frontier The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
  • limit A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
  • limit (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

ambit — full definition

  1. noun The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
  2. noun The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
  3. noun The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
  4. noun The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.

barrier — full definition

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

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