FRONTIER


Meaning of FRONTIER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfrən-ˈtir, ˈfrən-ˌ, frän-ˈ, ˈfrän-ˌ ]

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 territory

b. : the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement in a particular subject

c. : a line of division between different or opposed things

the frontier s separating science and the humanities — R. W. Clark

d. : a new field for exploitative or developmental activity

• frontier adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.