Definition of Frontier
Frontier
fron·ti·er
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A region at the edge of a country or area, especially one that is not fully developed or settled.
e.g. The American settlers pushed the frontier westward in the 19th century.
(noun)
the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement in a particular subject;
e.g. They were at the frontier of a breakthrough in their scientific research.
(noun)
a line of division between different or opposed things;
e.g. There was a frontier between his job and pay rate.
(noun)
a new field for exploitative or developmental activity;
e.g. Humans are the frontier between what is and is not known in the world.
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