frontier - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'frontier' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Frontier

[ a.]

- Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
- Of or relating to a frontier.

2 . Frontier

[ n.]

- That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
- An outwork.

3 . Frontier

[ v. i.]

- To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.

Meaning of 'frontier' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . frontier

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development

Example in sentence:

he worked at the frontier of brain science

Meaning (2):
- a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

Example in sentence:

the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day

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Efficient frontier
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