EGAVE

boundary

About 25.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The dividing line or location between two areas.
  2. noun The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
    I didn’t mean to push the boundaries by sending my boss a message on Saturday night.
  3. noun An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
  4. noun An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
    Travis hit a boundary to seal the match on the last ball of the over.
  5. noun The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
  6. noun Commission paid by a bus or jeepney driver to a public transportation operator for taking passengers, or the excess collected fares taken as daily wage.

Similar words

edge limit bound bounds bordering border frontier cross-border transborder demarcation

Often followed by

of conditions between layer line condition is and lines

Word family

boundaries boundaryless boundarylessness boundarylessnesses

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