boundary

boundary
bound|a|ry
W3S2 [ˈbaundəri] n plural boundaries
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: BOUND41]
1.)
the real or imaginary line that marks the edge of a state, country etc, or the edge of an area of land that belongs to someone
boundary between
▪ The Mississippi River forms a natural boundary between Iowa and Illinois.
▪ National boundaries are becoming increasingly meaningless in the global economy.
▪ We would need their agreement to build outside the city boundary .
▪ The stream curves round to mark the boundary of his property.
▪ Anything that crosses the boundary of a black hole cannot get back.
▪ We walked through the churchyard towards the boundary wall .
▪ The property's boundary line is 25 feet from the back of the house.
▪ boundary disputes between neighbouring countries
2.) [C usually plural]
the limit of what is acceptable or thought to be possible
boundary of
▪ the boundaries of human knowledge
within/beyond the boundaries of sth
▪ within the boundaries of the law
push back the boundaries (of sth)
(=to make a new discovery, work of art etc that is very different from what people have known before, and that changes the way they think)
▪ art that pushes back the boundaries
3.)
the point at which one feeling, idea, quality etc stops and another starts
boundary of/between
▪ the boundaries between work and play
▪ the blurring of the boundaries between high and popular culture
4.)
the outer limit of the playing area in ↑cricket, or a shot that sends the ball across this limit for extra points
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
national/state/city etc boundary (=a boundary between countries, states, cities etc)
geographical/natural boundary (=a river, line of mountains etc that form a boundary)
political boundary (=an official recognized boundary)
mark a boundary
cross a boundary
boundary wall/fence
boundary line
boundary dispute (=a disagreement about where a boundary should be)
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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