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- [boun-duh-ree, -dree]
- /ˈbaʊn də ri, -dri/
- /ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [boun-duh-ree, -dree]
- /ˈbaʊn də ri, -dri/
Definitions of boundaries word
- noun plural boundaries something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line. 1
- noun plural boundaries Also called frontier. Mathematics. the collection of all points of a given set having the property that every neighborhood of each point contains points in the set and in the complement of the set. 1
- noun plural boundaries Cricket. a hit in which the ball reaches or crosses the boundary line of the field on one or more bounces, counting four runs for the batsman. Compare six (def 5). 1
- noun boundaries plural of boundary. 0
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Origin of boundaries
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; bound3 + -ary
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Boundaries
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
boundaries popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".
boundaries usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boundaries
noun boundaries
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- ambits — Plural form of ambit.
- barriers — anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
Antonyms for boundaries
noun boundaries
- 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.
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