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How to pronounce boundary in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bound, limit
Type of extent
Has types starkness, brink, utterness, thermal barrier, verge, absoluteness, utmost, uttermost, heat barrier, maximum, knife-edge, level best
Type Words
Synonyms bound, edge
Type of line
Has types lower bound, margin, brink, upper bound, threshold, verge, outer boundary, fringe, perimeter, periphery, rim, border, thalweg
Derivation bound
Type Words
Synonyms bound, bounds
Type of extremity
Has types mete, border, borderline, boundary line, bourn, bourne, city line, county line, delimitation, demarcation, demarcation line, district line, edge, end, frontier, hairline, heliopause, limit, lineation, outline, shoreline, surface
Derivation bound

Examples of boundary

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He showed none of the angry, aggressive boundary setting born of low confidence.
From the cnn.com
It was this later impact, Keller says, that is responsible for the K-T boundary.
From the foxnews.com
What evidence do you have that boundary commission decisions benefit the tories?
From the thisishampshire.net
A boundary-pushing spectacle filled with the biggest, envelope-stretching stars.
From the hecklerspray.com
Finn dives and slaps his large frame down before the ropes to save the boundary.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It is hard for the fielders on the boundary because the MCG crowd can be brutal.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Along the boundary wall is a raised walkway that dates back to the 17th century.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A boundary of at least 100 feet is mandatory between the site and the residence.
From the ocregister.com
However, a maritime boundary was successfully negotiated with Australia in 2004.
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More examples
  • The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  • A line determining the limits of an area
  • Limit: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
  • Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket; # the edge or boundary of the playing field, and # a manner of scoring runs.
  • In mathematics, a topological manifold is a topological space (can even be a separated space) which looks locally like Euclidean space in a sense defined below. Topological manifolds form an important class of topological spaces with applications throughout mathematics.
  • A unit of real estate or immovable property is limited by a legal boundary. The boundary (in Latin: limes) may appear as a discontinuation in the terrain: a ditch, a bank, a hedge, a wall, or similar, but essentially, a legal boundary is a conceptual entity, a social construct, adjunct to the ...
  • In thermodynamics, a thermodynamic system (originally, working substance) is a precisely defined region of the universe under study. Everything in the universe except the system is known as the surroundings, environment, or reservoir. ...
  • In topology and mathematics in general, the boundary of a subset S of a topological space X is the set of points which can be approached both from S and from the outside of S. More precisely, it is the set of points in the closure of S, not belonging to the interior of S. ...
  • The dividing line or location between two areas; 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 (a four) or 6 (a six) runs respectively for the ...