noun
1 line that marks the limits of a place
ADJECTIVE
▪ common
▪ northern , southern , etc.
▪ national , state
▪ territorial
▪ district , parish ( esp. BrE )
▪ geographic ( esp. AmE ), geographical
VERB + BOUNDARY
▪ have
▪ form , mark
▪
The river forms the ~.
▪ share
▪ draw , establish , fix , set
▪
The ~ was fixed just south of the farm.
▪ redraw
BOUNDARY + NOUN
▪ fence , hedge ( esp. BrE ), line , wall
▪ dispute
▪
a ~ dispute between Brazil and Paraguay
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~ , over the ~
▪
They drove across the ~.
▪ along the ~
▪
We continued along the southern ~ of the county.
▪ at the ~ , on the ~
▪
We had to stop at the ~.
▪
on the ~ of the two countries
▪ beyond the ~
▪
She had never strayed beyond the city boundaries.
▪ within the ~s
▪
within the boundaries of the old city walls
▪ ~ between
▪
the ~ between Sussex and Surrey
▪ ~ with
▪
The state has a ~ with Ontario.
2 limit
ADJECTIVE
▪ traditional
VERB + BOUNDARY
▪ cross
▪
This job crosses the traditional ~ between social work and health care.
▪ extend , push , push back
▪
research which extends the boundaries of human knowledge
▪ overstep
▪ establish
▪ define
▪ blur
▪
The Internet has blurred the ~ between news and entertainment.
PREPOSITION
▪ across ~s
▪
His policies appeal across party political boundaries.
▪ beyond the ~s
▪
This goes beyond the boundaries of what is accepted.
▪ on the ~
▪
on the ~ of physics and chemistry
▪ within the ~s
▪
the importance of keeping within the boundaries of the law
▪ ~ between
▪
the ~ between sanity and insanity
PHRASES
▪ the boundaries of taste
▪
In her performance she had clearly overstepped the boundaries of good taste.
▪ sb/sth knows no boundaries
▪
His passion for the arts knows no boundaries.