frontier
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- noun
- /frʌnˈtɪr/
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frontera
- Humans have always sought to explore new frontiers of knowledge and technology.
- frontier research
- frontiers of knowledge
- advance the frontiers
And the greatest new frontier is space.
- And the greatest new frontier is space.
- So I constantly push the frontier of value.
- And that's, that's, that's sort of a new frontier in medicine as well.
- Where others saw magic, they saw a scientific frontier right for exploration.
- So he was one of The Pioneers, frontier leaders in this space.
- So it's very much a frontier set of talks that we have today.
- It is the pursuit of advancing the frontier of humans, human knowledge.
- All of this goes on on the frontier of science.
- So you're just kind of left like the only the last frontier is inside of ourselves now.
- Intuitively, this just makes sense to me, like it's the frontier of health now.
Examples
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We thought we were on the frontier of a democratic revolution.
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Industry is the new frontier of espionage.
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And the greatest new frontier is space.
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And he launched what he called the New Frontier, which is part of the space race.
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It's the final frontier, Nick.
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Where others saw magic, they saw a scientific frontier right for exploration.
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And now the rest of the world has suddenly realized that this is the last frontier we can exploit for a variety of purposes.
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These are some new frontiers in a lot of respects.
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It's the new frontier.
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Welcome to Mars, the 21st century's most untamed frontier.
Synonyms
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4.8
An area of knowledge or activity, for example history and music
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The range of things a person knows or has experienced
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3.7
An area or subject that is unfamiliar and not tried before
An area that no one has explored or seen before
Compounds
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6.5
The western United States in the 1700s and 1800s where settlers explored and lived
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A border area where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet that is known for smuggling and other crime
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Etymology
Frontier comes from the same root as front, from Latin frons meaning 'front' or 'forehead'. So when we speak of a knowledge or science frontier, we mean the 'front line' of discovery, the edge where people explore and find new things.