How do you pronounce frontier?

frontier is pronounced as /ˈfrʌntɪə(r)/.

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frontier

🛂frontier

noun

/ˈfrʌntɪə(r)/

front frontiers

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Meaning

A border between two countries; also a new area of knowledge or activity.

A new area of activity, knowledge, or development; the edge of knowledge or achievement.

Example Sentences

The soldiers were stationed at the frontier to guard the border.

Robotic surgery is exploring a new frontier in medicine.

Example Expressions

frontier of knowledge

Synonyms

border, boundary, edge, limit, borderland

Entry 1

border, boundary, edge, limit, borderland

Entry 2

boundary, edge

Antonyms

center, interior

Entry 1

center, interior

Entry 2

interior, center

Collocations

frontier area, frontier guard, expand frontier, frontier town

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