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{
"term": "boundary",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of something and separates it from other things or places; a dividing line",
"labels": "(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "After the war the national boundaries were redrawn."
},
{
"text": "county boundaries"
},
{
"text": "**boundary changes/disputes**"
},
{
"text": "The fence marks the boundary between my property and hers."
},
{
"text": "Scientists continue to **push back the boundaries** of human knowledge."
},
{
"text": "It is up to the teacher to set the boundary between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour."
},
{
"text": "He could just see her beyond the boundary wall of the cemetery."
},
{
"text": "to extend the boundaries of high art to include some popular music"
},
{
"text": "His policies appeal across party political boundaries."
},
{
"text": "In her performance she had clearly overstepped the boundaries of good taste."
},
{
"text": "She had never strayed beyond the city boundaries."
},
{
"text": "The internet has blurred the boundary between news and entertainment."
},
{
"text": "The boundary was fixed just south of the farm."
},
{
"text": "The river forms the boundary."
},
{
"text": "The state has a boundary with Ontario."
},
{
"text": "They drove across the boundary."
},
{
"text": "This goes beyond the boundaries of what is accepted."
},
{
"text": "This job crosses the traditional boundary between social work and healthcare."
},
{
"text": "We continued along the southern boundary of the county."
},
{
"text": "We had to stop at the boundary."
},
{
"text": "We've just crossed the boundary into Sussex."
},
{
"text": "a boundary dispute with their neighbours"
},
{
"text": "keeping within the boundaries of the law"
},
{
"text": "on the boundary of physics and chemistry"
},
{
"text": "research which extends the boundaries of human knowledge"
},
{
"text": "the boundary between Sussex and Surrey"
},
{
"text": "within the boundaries of the old city walls"
}
],
"topics": ["Gardens"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["common", "northern", "southern"],
"verb + boundary": ["have", "form", "mark"],
"boundary + noun": ["fence", "hedge", "line"],
"preposition": [
"across the boundary",
"over the boundary",
"along the boundary"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a hit of the ball that crosses the boundary of the playing area and scores extra points",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He hit 13 boundaries from 183 balls."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to attempt to go beyond what is allowed or thought to be possible",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We aim to push the boundaries of what we can achieve."
},
{
"text": "She pushes her physical limits through various endurance challenges."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaʊndri/",
"audio": "bo/boundary/boundary__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaʊndri/",
"audio": "bo/boundary/boundary__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: variant of dialect bounder, from bound ‘boundary’ + -er, perhaps on the pattern of limitary."
}