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noun line that marks the limits of a place ADJ. common | northern, southern, etc. | national, state | district, parish VERB + BOUNDARY have | form, mark The river forms the boundary. | share | draw, establish, fix, set The boundary was fixed just south of the farm. | redraw | cross We've just crossed the boundary into Sussex. | extend BOUNDARY + NOUN fence, hedge, line, wall | dispute a boundary dispute with their neighbours PREP. across/over the ~ They drove across the boundary. | along the ~ We continued along the southern boundary of the county. | at/on the ~ We had to stop at the boundary. on the boundary of the two countries | beyond the ~ She had never strayed beyond the city boundaries. | within the ~s within the boundaries of the old city walls | ~ between the boundary between Sussex and Surrey | ~ with The state has a boundary with Ontario. limit ADJ. traditional VERB + BOUNDARY cross This job crosses the traditional boundary between social work and health care. | extend, push back research which extends the boundaries of human knowledge | overstep PREP. across ~s His policies appeal across party political boundaries. | beyond the ~s going beyond the boundaries of accepted behaviour | on the ~ on the boundary of physics and chemistry | within the ~s keeping within the boundaries of the law | ~ between the boundary between sanity and insanity PHRASES the boundaries of taste In her performance she had clearly overstepped the boundaries of good taste.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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boundary
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + boundary
national/state boundaries
(= boundaries between countries or states )
• Big companies usually aim to expand outside national boundaries.
international boundaries
(= boundaries between countries all over the world )
• About 10% of hazardous waste is shipped across international boundaries.
a city boundary
• The new housing estates stretch beyond the old city boundaries.
the northern/southern etc boundary
(= of an area or city )
• the southern boundary of San Francisco
a geographical boundary
• Today satellite communications cross all geographical boundaries.
a political boundary
• Reforms could extend the geographical and political boundaries of the EU.
a natural boundary
(= a river, line of mountains etc that form a boundary )
• Here, the Andes form a natural boundary between Argentina and Chile.
mark/form a boundary
• The river Jordan marks the boundary between Israel and Jordan.
cross/transcend a boundary
• These are practical problems that cross political boundaries.
a boundary wall/fence
• The boundary wall was about twenty foot high.
a boundary line
• There was some disagreement about the exact position of the boundary line.
a boundary dispute
(= a disagreement about where a boundary should be, for example between neighbours )
• We had to hire a lawyer to sort out the boundary dispute.
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