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[fruhn-teer, fron-; also, especially Brit., fruhn-teer]

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noun

the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.

the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions.

Often, frontiers.

the limit of knowledge or the most advanced achievement in a particular field: the frontiers of physics.

an outer limit in a field of endeavor, especially one in which the opportunities for research and development have not been exploited: the frontiers of space exploration.

Mathematics. boundary (def. 2).

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adjective

of, pertaining to, or located on the frontier: a frontier town.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English frounter < Old French frontier, equivalent to front (in the sense of opposite side; see front) + -ier -ier²

Related forms

fron·tier·less, adjective

fron·tier·like, adjective

sem·i·fron·tier, noun

trans·fron·tier, adjective

Synonyms
1. See boundary.

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Frontier markets still represent a small part of the total world equity universe.

Explore the new frontier and see where it takes you.

The current movement of the educated young is a high-tech version of the frontier spirit.

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Frontier markets still represent a small part of the total world equity universe.

Explore the new frontier and see where it takes you.

The current movement of the educated young is a high-tech version of the frontier spirit.

The final frontier is littered with dead spacecraft and shrapnel.

Europe maintains its presence on the final frontier.

We brought back wolves partly out of nostalgia for the wildness of a long gone frontier.

Celebrating the architecture of a changing frontier town.

Get ready for the new frontier of missile defense, where peacekeeping space lasers battle a storm of rogue nukes.

He, in effect, chose a life of high risk and adventure: a man of initiative headed for the frontier.

The next frontier will be in less accessible places, such as remote villages, hills and valleys.

On the frontier of a frozen ocean, rising temperatures imperil wildlife whose survival depends on ice.

The next frontier is a little less common: green walls.

The human brain appears to be the last frontier of human evolution.

On the frontier of planetary exploration, nothing is easy.

The mind was in a sense the last frontier of philosophy.

In masterpieces of metal and wood, modern craftsmen revive a straight-shooting icon of the old frontier.

In this frontier environment, a new idea can make an immediate difference, professors say.

But hitherto there has been little evidence of this-outside immediate frontier areas.

As rising temperatures melt the polar ice cap, five countries race to map their claims to a new energy frontier.

Forget performance-enhancing drugs for soldiers, the next frontier is performance-degrading drugs for our enemies.

These current non-consumers are technology's next frontier.

Each blanket has unique historic designs and colors that date back to frontier trading posts.

The pre-bang universe has become the latest frontier of cosmology.

Musk is one of a growing number of wealthy entrepreneurs reaching for the final frontier.

Harnessing and protecting our natural resources is the new frontier for entrepreneurs.

Some emerging-market acquisitions are driven by a combination of hubris and frontier mentality.

However, wheat is now the new frontier of plant technology.

As a result, trying to determine them is frontier research in almost all fields of earth and planetary science.

Now the frontier of geekdom is energy conservation, and this time, we're finally getting some respect.

Things are always uncharted and scary on the frontier.

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frontier (ˈfrʌntɪə, frʌnˈtɪə)

—n
1.	a. the region of a country bordering on another or a line, barrier, etc, marking such a boundary
	b. (as modifier): a frontier post
2.	(US), (Canadian)
	a. the edge of the settled area of a country
	b. (as modifier): the frontier spirit
3.	(often plural) the limit of knowledge in a particular field: the frontiers of physics have been pushed back

[C14: from Old French frontiere, from front (in the sense: part which is opposite); see front]

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Word Origin & History

frontier

c.1400, from O.Fr. fronter, from front "brow" (see front). Originally the front line of an army, sense of "borderland" is first attested 1413. In reference to N.Amer., from 1676; later with a specific sense:

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"What is the frontier? ... In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile." [F.J. Turner, "The Frontier in American History"]

Frontiersman is from 1782.

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