frontier

  • 21Frontier(s) — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Frontier(s) – Kennst du deine Schmerzgrenze? Originaltitel Frontière(s) …

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  • 22frontier — n. 1) to advance, extend a frontier (to extend the frontiers of science) 2) to cross a frontier 3) on a frontier * * * [ frʌntɪə] extend a frontier (to extend the frontiers of science) on a frontier to advance to cross a frontier …

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  • 23frontier — noun 1 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: the settlement of the Oklahoma frontier | space, the final frontier 2 (C) especially BrE the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24frontier — [[t]frʌ̱ntɪə(r), tɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] frontiers 1) N COUNT A frontier is a border between two countries. [BRIT] It wasn t difficult then to cross the frontier. (in AM, usually use border) 2) N COUNT When you are talking about the western part of America… …

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  • 25frontier — frontierless, adj. frontierlike, adj. /frun tear , fron /; also, esp. Brit., /frun tear/, n. 1. the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border. 2. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country s settled… …

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  • 26frontier — 1. noun 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; …

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  • 27frontier — fron•tier [[t]frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn [/t]] also, esp. Brit., [[t]ˈfrʌn tɪər[/t]] n. 1) the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border 2) land that forms the furthest extent of a country s settled or inhabited regions 3) Often,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28frontier — noun Etymology: Middle English fronter, from Anglo French frountere, fronter, from front Date: 15th century 1. a. a border between two countries b. obsolete a stronghold on a frontier 2. a. a region that forms the margin of settled or developed… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29Frontier — Fron|tier [ frʌntiə] die; <aus engl. amerik. frontier »Grenze«, dies aus altfr. frontier (fr. frontière); vgl. ↑Frontière> Bez. für die Siedlungsgrenze zwischen dem von Indianern, Jägern u. Fallenstellern beherrschten Gebiet u. der… …

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  • 30frontier — /frʌnˈtɪə / (say frun tear), / ˈtiə/ (say teeuh), Chiefly British /ˈfrʌntɪə / (say fruntear) noun 1. that part of a country which borders another country; boundary; border; extreme limit. 2. that part of a newly settled country as the US or… …