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How to pronounce bourne in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bourn
Type of end, goal
Type Words
Synonyms bourn
Type of bound, boundary, bounds

Examples of bourne

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Do ideas precede political institutions or are they bourne of such institutions?
From the guardian.co.uk
Bourne tells Conklin he is quitting Treadstone and warns them not to follow him.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bourne doesn't actually appear in this new instalment, but not because he's dead.
From the independent.co.uk
Bourne was a great bit of business, and I had a lovely time doing Cinderella Man.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bourne began making salt-glazed pottery at Denby in 1809 and is still in business.
From the dispatch.com
Bourne travels light and adopts a pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem solving.
From the edition.cnn.com
The swings of market price have to be bourne, or enjoyed by them individually.
From the newscientist.com
Your mothers will not lament your fate, but will be proud to have bourne such sons.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A victory clearly bourne out of a playing group that refused to accept another loss.
From the canberratimes.com.au
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  • Bourn: an archaic term for a boundary
  • Bourne is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current County Councillor, Mark Dunn, is also Chairman of West Sussex County Council.
  • The Bourne films are a series of spy films based on the character Jason Bourne, a former CIA assassin suffering from psychogenic amnesia, created by author Robert Ludlum. All three of Ludlum's novels were adapted for the screen, featuring Matt Damon as the titular character in each. ...
  • Bourne is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,721 at the 2000 census.
  • Bourne is a family name, which may refer to: * Aleck Bourne (1886-1974), British gynecologist and writer tried in a landmark 1938 case for an illegal abortion * Ansel Bourne, 19th century American evangelical preacher, among the first documented cases of multiple personality and amnesia n* ...
  • A boundary. But that the dread of something after death,/ The undiscover'd country from whose bourn[e]/ No traveller returns; A goal or destination; A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally
  • A seasonal river which flows in normally dry valleys during wetter periods of the year.