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Definition frontier in American English

frontier noun

noun
/frʌnˈtɪr/
1

a border between two countries, especially one with official points where people or vehicles cross

Example

the frontier between Israel and Lebanon

Example

Italy's frontier with Switzerland

Example

troops massing at the frontier

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border line boundary
1.1

the outer edge of a country or area that is the farthest point where people have started to live and build towns

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airspace area belt
1.2

the western edge of the U.S. that Europeans had reached in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries

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ACT Bantustan the Bible Belt
1.3

on or relating to a frontier

Example

frontier controls

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a frontier town

Example

Armed police manned the frontier post.

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frontier partition clear
2

the most advanced or recent ideas about something

Example

Their work was on the frontiers of science.

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We are dedicated to experimentation, to pushing back the frontiers.

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modern contemporary advanced
Definition frontier in American English