frontier

frontier
noun
1 (BrE) border between countries
ADJECTIVE
common

Neither country would guarantee the integrity of their common frontier.

eastern, northern, etc.

There were very few border controls on the south-western frontier.

Franco-Spanish, French-Spanish, etc.
VERB + FRONTIER
cross

The army crossed the frontier in the middle of the night.

reach
control, defend, guard

The rebels control the frontier and the surrounding area.

FRONTIER + NOUN
controls, post
guard
zone
PREPOSITION
across the frontier

The weapons were smuggled across the frontier.

along the frontier

an army grouping along the frontier

at the frontier

There was an army checkpoint at the frontier.

on the frontier

people living on the German frontier

over the frontier

They were forced to retreat back over the frontier.

frontier between

the frontier between India and Pakistan

frontier with

France's frontier with Germany

2 the frontier the edge of land that is known
ADJECTIVE
wild

America's wild frontier

western
VERB + FRONTIER
explore
tame
settle
FRONTIER + NOUN
province, settlement, town
mentality, spirit
3 border between what we know and do not know
ADJECTIVE
final, last
new
next
technological
VERB + FRONTIER
explore

Space is the final frontier for us to explore.

advance, expand, extend, open, push back

The scientists' work will push back the frontiers of physics.


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