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English noun: boundary | |||
| 1. | boundary (location) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | ||
| Synonyms | bound, bounds | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | extremity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | border, border, borderline, boundary line, bourn, bourne, city line, county line, delimitation, demarcation, demarcation line, district line, edge, end, frontier, hairline, heliopause, limit, lineation, mete, outline, shoreline, surface | ||
| Instance hyponym | Moho, Mohorovicic discontinuity, Rubicon | ||
| 2. | boundary (shape) a line determining the limits of an area | ||
| Synonyms | bound, edge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | border, brink, fringe, lower bound, margin, outer boundary, perimeter, periphery, rim, thalweg, threshold, upper bound, verge | ||
| 3. | boundary (attribute) the greatest possible degree of something | ||
| Samples | What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior. To the limit of his ability. | ||
| Synonyms | bound, limit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | extent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | absoluteness, brink, heat barrier, knife-edge, level best, maximum, starkness, thermal barrier, utmost, uttermost, utterness, verge | ||
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