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Boundary Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Boundary has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

"The hikers paused to mark the boundary where their designated trail ended and the forbidden forest began."

2

a line determining the limits of an area

"The new fence marked the boundary between our property and the neighbor's garden."

3

the greatest possible degree of something

"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"

"to the limit of his ability"

4

The dividing line or location between two areas.

"The new fence marks the exact boundary where our property ends and the neighbor's begins."

In plain English: A boundary is a line that shows where you stop and someone else begins.

"The new fence clearly marks the boundary between our garden and the neighbor's yard."

Usage: A boundary marks the specific dividing line that separates two distinct areas, such as property lines or geographic regions. Use this word when referring to a clear limit where one space ends and another begins.

Example Sentences
"The new fence clearly marks the boundary between our garden and the neighbor's yard." noun
"We need to mark the property boundary before building starts." noun
"The coach set clear boundaries for how players should behave during practice." noun
"There is no distinct boundary between the two cities in this rural area." noun
Related Terms
edge limit draw line coast limes enemy line crust boundarylessness borderline sideline tomahawk mark bloch wall compressible demarcation bound epicline deep point extralimital paper park terminus
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
extremity line extent
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
hairline frontier heliopause boundary line bourn district line county line city line edge end limit outline surface shoreline rim margin periphery brink upper bound lower bound thalweg knife-edge starkness thermal barrier utmost verge

Origin

The word boundary comes from the Old French form of the verb bound, which originally meant to limit or restrain. It entered English with the suffix -ary added to create a noun describing a line that marks such a limitation.

Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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