boundary

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noun

1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
bound, bounds
• Derivationally related forms:
bound (for: bound), bound
• Hypernyms:
extremity
• Hyponyms:
hairline, frontier, heliopause, boundary line, border,
borderline, delimitation, mete, bourn, bourne, district line,
county line, city line, edge, end, limit, demarcation,
demarcation line, outline, lineation, surface, shoreline
• Instance Hyponyms:
Rubicon, Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho
2. a line determining the limits of an area (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
edge, bound
• Derivationally related forms:
bound (for: bound), edge (for: edge), bound
• Hypernyms:
line
• Hyponyms:
rim, margin, border, perimeter, periphery,
fringe, outer boundary, brink, threshold, verge, upper bound,
lower bound, thalweg
3. the greatest possible degree of something
- what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
- to the limit of his ability
• Syn:
limit, bound
• Derivationally related forms:
limit (for: limit)
• Hypernyms:
extent
• Hyponyms:
knife-edge, starkness, absoluteness, utterness, thermal barrier,
thermal barrier, utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best,
verge, brink

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  limit, bound, edge, bounds