boundary.
The dividing line or location between two areas.
Meaning & usage
The dividing line or location between two areas.
The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
I didn’t mean to push the boundaries by sending my boss a message on Saturday night.
An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
Travis hit a boundary to seal the match on the last ball of the over.
(of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
Commission paid by a bus or jeepney driver to a public transportation operator for taking passengers, or the excess collected fares taken as daily wage.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English bound Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English boundary From bound + -ary. Semantically displaced native Old English mearc (“boundary, limit”) whence Modern English mark.
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