Dictionary entry
Frontier
Pronunciation: /ˈfrʌntɪə/
Pronunciation
/ˈfrʌntɪə/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) နယ်စပ်။
Definition
frontier / 'frʌntÇǝ(r); US frʌn'tÇǝr / n ၁။ [C]~ ( between sth and sth ); ~ ( with sth ) နယ္ျခား။ နယ္စပ္။ the frontier between France and Switzerland ❍ a frontier zone ❍ a frontier town ❍ frontier disputes. ၂။ the frontier [ sing ] ( esp US ) နယ္သစ္ေဒသ။ a remote frontier settlement ❍ ( fig ) space, the final frontier. ၃။ the frontiers [pl]နယ္ပယ္စြန္း။ advance the frontiers of science ❍ expand the frontiers of legal liability. ❍BORDER ❏ frontiersman / -zmǝn / n ( pl- men/- mǝn / ) ( US ) နယ္သစ္တြင္ အေျခခ်သူ ။
Examples
- [frontier between] : The frontier between Israel and Lebanon
- [frontier with] : Italy’s frontier with Switzerland
- [on/at the frontier] : Troops massing at the frontier
- Frontier controls
- A frontier town
- [frontier post] : Armed police manned the frontier post.
- [the frontiers of knowledge/science/technology] : Their work was on the frontiers of science.
- [extend/push back the frontiers] : We are dedicated to experimentation
- to pushing back the frontiers.