to border
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- verb
- /ˈbɔrdər/
- Search all areas bordering the Elite Building.
- border a country
- border a state
- border a province
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Watch on YouTubeWhich body of water borders Turkey, Greece and Italy?
- Which body of water borders Turkey, Greece and Italy?
- So Ukraine is bordering right on Russia.
- He grew up in an upper class suburb that bordered on Detroit.
- And in Ontario, where I lived, Ottawa borders Quebec.
Examples
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Turkey borders Ukraine.
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Italy is bordered by France, in the northwest.
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Panama and Nicaragua border Costa Rica.
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A woman was walking up the worn path, also avoiding the bordering crusts of snow.
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I am the Warden of Orphanage 43, one of the many orphanages that border the wasteland.
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Four and five-year-olds play happily in a sandbox outside their preschool, which borders the Columbia National Forest.
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Spain borders Portugal to the west.
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The two countries border each other along a long stretch of land.
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The state of California borders the Pacific Ocean.
Synonyms
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To be all around a person or thing on every side
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5.2
Next to and touching another place, like a house next to a park
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To be next to something and share a border
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To move along the edge of something
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To form a circle around something to surround it
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To be next to another building or piece of land, sharing a border
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To be next to another place, sharing a border
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To form the edge or limit of an area
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To touch the edge of another piece of land or a building
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To be next to another area or country
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To surround something on all sides
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To be next to something and touch its edge
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
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To be very interested in something almost to an unhealthy level
Compounds
- Formal
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A group of officers who watch and protect a country's border to stop illegal crossings
- Formal
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A United States government agency that finds and stops people entering the country without permission
A federal agency that patrols United States borders to stop people entering the country illegally
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An area next to the line between two countries where people live on both sides
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A person who watches and guards a country's border to stop people from entering without permission
How Adjacent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Border in the sense 'to be next to' comes from the same idea of an edge: two places meet at their 'boards' or edges. That's why we say two countries or properties border each other when they share a boundary.