## Meanings
1. A line that marks where one area ends and another begins.
2. A limit on what is acceptable in someone's behaviour, privacy, or personal life.
3. The furthest limit of what is known or possible in a field.

## Examples
- The river forms the boundary between the two countries.
- I didn't mean to cross a boundary by messaging my boss on the weekend.
- Their research pushes the boundaries of modern science.

## Derived Forms
- boundaried
- boundariless
- boundaryless
- coboundary
- geoboundary
- isoboundary
- transboundary

## Related Forms
- border
- bound
- confine
- fladry
- frontier

## Etymology
From bound + -ary, Old French, from Latin.

## AI Etymology
Boundary is from bound + -ary, Old French, from Latin. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include a line that marks where one area ends and another begins, a limit on what is acceptable in someone's behaviour, privacy, or personal life, and the furthest limit of what is known or possible in a field. The wider family includes derived forms such as boundaried, boundariless, boundaryless, coboundary, and geoboundary and related words such as border, bound, confine, fladry, and frontier.

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