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frontier


Definition: Meaning of, frontier in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfrʌntɪə;frʌnˈtɪə /

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frontier frontiers
  1. [countable] especially British English the border of a country
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  2. the frontier an area where people have never lived before, that not much is known about, especially in the western US before the 20th century
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  3. the frontiers of knowledge/physics etc the limits of what is known about something
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frontier used in phrases

  • Last Frontier (noun)
    1. a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
  • Triple Frontier (noun)
    1. the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American centre for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
  • frontier settlement (noun)
    1. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
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