noun

frontier

frontier, border, boundary

They lived on the American frontier.

They lived on the American frontier.

This discovery is the new frontier of science.

This discovery is the new frontier of science.

the frontier of ((sth.)) the limit of knowledge in (sth.) This is the new frontier of science.

on the frontier at the border of settled land They lived on the American frontier.

Synonyms: border, boundary, edge, limit

From Old French 'frontiere', meaning 'borderland', which comes from 'front'.

Imagine the 'front' line of a country or an area of knowledge. This is the frontier.

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