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{
"term": "border",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/ed/edge_rim_border.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the line that divides two countries or areas; the land near this line",
"sensetop": "border between A and Bborder with somethingacross the borderover the borderon the borderat the borderalong the border",
"labels": "(figurative)(British English)(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I live in a small town in the US, near the Canadian border."
},
{
"text": "Thousands of people **cross the border** every day."
},
{
"text": "They took steps to **secure the border**."
},
{
"text": "to seal/close the border"
},
{
"text": "They spent a week in a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania.",
"contextForm": "border between A and B"
},
{
"text": "It is difficult to define the border between love and friendship."
},
{
"text": "The treaty fixed Denmark's new border with Germany.",
"contextForm": "border with something"
},
{
"text": "They fled across the border.",
"contextForm": "across the border"
},
{
"text": "They live just over the border.",
"contextForm": "over the border"
},
{
"text": "The incident happened on Nevada's northern border.",
"contextForm": "on the border"
},
{
"text": "They were stopped at the border.",
"contextForm": "at the border"
},
{
"text": "There are tensions all along the border.",
"contextForm": "along the border"
},
{
"text": "**border crossings**"
},
{
"text": "**border patrols/security/guards**"
},
{
"text": "border controls"
},
{
"text": "a border dispute"
},
{
"text": "a border town/village/county"
},
{
"text": "a border region/area"
},
{
"text": "Brazil has a common border with most South American countries."
},
{
"text": "Ethiopia shares its longest border with Somalia."
},
{
"text": "He drove us right up to the Mexican border."
},
{
"text": "Poland has a common border with Germany."
},
{
"text": "There has been fighting along the border."
},
{
"text": "There has been fighting on both sides of the border."
},
{
"text": "They slipped across the border at nightfall."
},
{
"text": "We were stopped on the border."
},
{
"text": "a farm on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire"
},
{
"text": "to smuggle goods across the border"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["open", "closed", "porous"],
"verb + border": ["arrive at", "reach", "stop at"],
"border + noun": ["crossing", "post", "region"],
"preposition": [
"across a/the border",
"over a/the border",
"along a/the border"
],
"phrases": [
"north of the border",
"south of the border",
"on both sides of the border"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a long narrow piece around the edge of something such as a picture or a piece of cloth",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pillowcase with a lace border"
},
{
"text": "She drew a decorative border around the picture."
},
{
"text": "The tablecloth has a narrow lace border."
},
{
"text": "a white handkerchief with a blue border"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wide", "narrow", "decorative"],
"verb + border": ["have", "draw"],
"preposition": ["with a/the border", "border around", "border round"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a long narrow area of soil which is planted with flowers, along the edge of the grass",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The back garden is mostly lawn with herbaceous borders."
}
],
"topics": ["Gardens"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɔːdə(r)/",
"audio": "bo/border/border__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɔːrdər/",
"audio": "bo/border/border__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board."
}