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- [bawr-derz]
- /ˈbɔr dərz/
- /bɔː.dər/
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- [bawr-derz]
- /ˈbɔr dərz/
Definitions of borders word
- noun borders administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000 3
- noun borders the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary. 1
- noun borders the line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line: You cannot cross the border without a visa. 1
- noun borders the district or region that lies along the boundary line of another. 1
- noun borders the frontier of civilization. 1
- noun borders the border. the border between the U.S. and Mexico, especially along the Rio Grande. (in the British Isles) the region along the boundary between England and Scotland. 1
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Origin of borders
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English bordure < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to bord(er) to border (derivative of bord ship's side, edge < Germanic; see board) + -ure -ure
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Parts of speech for Borders
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
borders popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
borders usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for borders
noun borders
- confines — limits; boundaries
- banks — Iain (Menzies). 1954–2013, Scottish novelist and science fiction writer. His novels include The Wasp Factory (1984), The Crow Road (1992), and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007); science-fiction (under the name Iain M. Banks) includes Look to Windward (2000)
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
Antonyms for borders
noun borders
- centers — Plural form of center.
- centra — a plural of centrum.
- centres — Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
adjective borders
- heartlands — Plural form of heartland.
- mezzos — Plural form of mezzo.
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