frontier

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/ UK /ˈfɹʌntɪə/ See IPA manual

Freq #8973

Meanings

1

noun
The border between two countries.

They were stopped at the frontier and asked for their passports.
2

noun
The newest or most advanced area of knowledge or activity.

Space travel is the new frontier of science.
3

noun
The far edge of a settled area, beyond which the land is wild.

Pioneers built their homes on the frontier.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the border between two... border borderland

2 noun · the newest or most advanced... state of the artvanguard

Word family

Forms frontiersfrontiersman

Derived forms cyberfrontiere-frontierfrontierismfrontieristfrontierlessfrontierlikefrontiermanfrontiersmanfrontierspersonfrontierswomanfrontierwomannonfrontier

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Etymology

From Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.

frounter Middle English fronter Old French

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# frontier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɹʌntɪə/
**Frequency rank:** 8973

## Meanings
1. The border between two countries.
2. The newest or most advanced area of knowledge or activity.
3. The far edge of a settled area, beyond which the land is wild.

## Examples
- They were stopped at the frontier and asked for their passports.
- Space travel is the new frontier of science.
- Pioneers built their homes on the frontier.

## Derived Forms
- cyberfrontier
- e-frontier
- frontierism
- frontierist
- frontierless
- frontierlike
- frontierman
- frontiersman
- frontiersperson
- frontierswoman
- frontierwoman
- nonfrontier

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: frounter
- Root: fronter

## Etymology
From Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.

## AI Etymology
Frontier comes from Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front. In current use, the main senses are “The border between two countries” and “The newest or most advanced area of knowledge or activity”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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