frontier

frontier
noun
(lit. or fig.) Grenze, die
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noun
1) (a boundary between countries: We crossed the frontier; (also adjective) a frontier town.) die Grenze, Grenz-...
2) (the farthest area of land on which people live and work, before the country becomes wild and deserted: Many families went to make a new life on the frontier.) das Grenzgebiet
3) (the limits or boundaries (of knowledge etc): the frontiers of scientific knowledge.) die Grenze
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fron·tier
[frʌnˈtɪəʳ, AM -ˈtɪr]
n
1. (boundary) Grenze f
internal \frontier Binnengrenze f
2. esp AM (outlying areas)
the \frontier das Grenzland
3. (of knowledge) Neuland nt kein pl
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[frʌn'tɪə(r)]
n
Grenze f, Landesgrenze f; (= boundary area) Grenzgebiet nt; (fig, of knowledge) Grenze f

to push back the frontiers of science — auf wissenschaftliches Neuland vorstoßen

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frontier [ˈfrʌnˌtıə(r); besonders US frʌnˈtıə(r)]
A s
1. (Landes)Grenze f:
on the frontier an der Grenze;
have frontiers with angrenzen an (akk)
2. US HIST Grenzland n, Gebiet n an der Siedlungsgrenze, Grenze f (zum Wilden Westen)
3. fig
a) Grenze f:
the frontiers of drama and melodrama are vague die Grenzen zwischen Drama und Melodrama sind fließend;
the frontiers of physics have been pushed back (oder outwards) auf dem Gebiet der Physik ist Neuland erschlossen worden
b) Grenzbereich m:
on the frontiers of modern science in den Grenzbereichen der modernen Wissenschaft
B adj
1. Grenz…:
frontier dispute Grenzstreitigkeiten pl;
frontier town
a) Grenzstadt f,
b) US HIST (neu gegründete) Stadt an der Siedlungsgrenze;
frontier worker Grenzgänger(in)
2. fig bahnbrechend, Pionier…:
frontier research bahnbrechende Forschungsarbeit
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noun
(lit. or fig.) Grenze, die
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n.
Grenze -n f.
Landesgrenze f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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