Meaning of "border" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BORDER

From Old French bordure, from border to border, from bort side of a ship, of Germanic origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BORDER

border  [ˈbɔːdə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BORDER

Border is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb border in English.

WHAT DOES BORDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Border

Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states and other subnational entities. Some borders—such as a state's internal administrative border, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and completely unguarded. Other borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled. Some, mostly contentious, borders may even foster the setting up of buffer zones.

Definition of border in the English dictionary

The first definition of border in the dictionary is a band or margin around or along the edge of something. Other definition of border is the dividing line or frontier between political or geographic regions. Border is also a region straddling such a boundary.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BORDER

PRESENT

Present

I border

you border

he/she/it borders

we border

you border

they border

Present continuous

I am bordering

you are bordering

he/she/it is bordering

we are bordering

you are bordering

they are bordering

Present perfect

I have bordered

you have bordered

he/she/it has bordered

we have bordered

you have bordered

they have bordered

Present perfect continuous

I have been bordering

you have been bordering

he/she/it has been bordering

we have been bordering

you have been bordering

they have been bordering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bordered

you bordered

he/she/it bordered

we bordered

you bordered

they bordered

Past continuous

I was bordering

you were bordering

he/she/it was bordering

we were bordering

you were bordering

they were bordering

Past perfect

I had bordered

you had bordered

he/she/it had bordered

we had bordered

you had bordered

they had bordered

Past perfect continuous

I had been bordering

you had been bordering

he/she/it had been bordering

we had been bordering

you had been bordering

they had been bordering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will border

you will border

he/she/it will border

we will border

you will border

they will border

Future continuous

I will be bordering

you will be bordering

he/she/it will be bordering

we will be bordering

you will be bordering

they will be bordering

Future perfect

I will have bordered

you will have bordered

he/she/it will have bordered

we will have bordered

you will have bordered

they will have bordered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bordering

you will have been bordering

he/she/it will have been bordering

we will have been bordering

you will have been bordering

they will have been bordering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would border

you would border

he/she/it would border

we would border

you would border

they would border

Conditional continuous

I would be bordering

you would be bordering

he/she/it would be bordering

we would be bordering

you would be bordering

they would be bordering

Conditional perfect

I would have border

you would have border

he/she/it would have border

we would have border

you would have border

they would have border

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bordering

you would have been bordering

he/she/it would have been bordering

we would have been bordering

you would have been bordering

they would have been bordering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you border
we let´s border
you border

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to border

Past participle

bordered

Present Participle

bordering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BORDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «border» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of border

abut · adjoin · area · bed · borderland · borderline · bound · boundary · bounds · brim · decorate · edge · flange · fringe · frontier · garden · hem · join · limit · line · lip · margin · patch · perimeter · plot · rim · row · skirt · strip · touch · trim · verge

TRANSLATION OF BORDER

Find out the translation of border to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of border from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «border» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 边界
• Translator English - Spanish: frontera
• English: border
• Translator English - Hindi: सीमा
• Translator English - Arabic: حاشِيَة
• Translator English - Russian: граница
• Translator English - Portuguese: fronteira
• Translator English - Bengali: সীমান্ত
• Translator English - French: frontière
• Translator English - Malay: Sempadan
• Translator English - German: Grenze
• Translator English - Japanese: 境界
• Translator English - Korean: 경계
• Translator English - Javanese: Wates
• Translator English - Vietnamese: biên giới
• Translator English - Tamil: எல்லை
• Translator English - Marathi: सीमा
• Translator English - Turkish: sınır
• Translator English - Italian: confine
• Translator English - Polish: granica
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кордон
• Translator English - Romanian: graniță
• Translator English - Greek: σύνορο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: grens
• Translator English - Swedish: gräns
• Translator English - Norwegian: grense

10 QUOTES WITH «BORDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word border.

1

Tony Abbott

If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.

2

Donovan Bailey

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

3

William Bartram

It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.

4

John Battelle

As the border between physical and digital gets more permeable, a new kind of literacy emerges. And that literacy is built on a foundation of code - whether it's the codes of letters and words, or the code of bits and algorithms.

5

Marsha Blackburn

Republicans rejected calls for amnesty and we've fought efforts to provide illegal aliens with taxpayer funded benefits. The American people are far closer to our Republican approach to border security than they are to Nancy Pelosi's approach.

6

Edward Blake

I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border.

7

John Boehner

House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.

8

Henry Bonilla

But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.

9

Howie Carr

After all these years, it's still amazing what Obama is allowed to get away with. He says low gas prices in 2009 were caused by a terrible economy, but then claims that the lower number of illegal aliens crossing the border is because of his border policies, not the same lousy economy.

10

Pablo Casals

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BORDER»

Discover the use of border in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to border and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Companion to Border Studies

This book introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology.

Thomas M. Wilson, Hastings Donnan, 2012

Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide

In the updated and expanded second edition of his essential book on policing the U.S.-Mexico border, Peter Andreas places the continued sharp escalation of border policing in the context of a transformed post-September 11 security ...

Peter Andreas, 2012

Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World

With its careful selection of accessible essays, this text will allow professors in a variety of courses to easily globalize their classroom.

Paul Ganster, David E. Lorey, 2005

Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies

"Border Matters" locates the study of Chicano culture in a broad social context.

Jos David Sald Var, José David Saldívar, 1997

Border Rhetorics: Citizenship and Identity on the US-Mexico ...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Border Rhetorics is a collection of essays that undertakes a wide-ranging examination of the US-Mexico border as it functions in the rhetorical production of civic unity in the United ...

D. Robert DeChaine, 2012

Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces

This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.

Patricia Spyer, 1998

Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity

. . . In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece."—Jack Miles, Commonweal

Daniel Boyarin, 2011

Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S.? Mexico Border and It's ...

Based on exhaustive research, the book is written in two parts. The first outlines the current state of the border, while the second looks ahead 50 years to envision what is possible if affairs remain on the same course.

Fernando Romero, 2008

Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible

This book helps us think through this complex issue clearly and soberly by presenting a well-documented historical and biblical perspective on immigration and people movements.

M. Daniel Carroll R., 2008

The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: Drugs, Immigration, and ...

Illuminates the connection among homeland security policies, drug laws, and illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, and reveals the consequences for American society at large.

Tony Payan, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BORDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term border is used in the context of the following news items.

Corruption On The Border: Dismantling Misconduct In The Rio …

This week, NPR examines public corruption in South Texas. The FBI has launched a task force to clean up pervasive misconduct by public ... «NPR, Jul 15»

Mexican helicopter trades fire with gunmen on ground near border …

The shooting broke out Sunday in a rural area near Falcon Lake, a border-straddling reservoir on the Rio Grande, amid cattle ranches and tiny ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

'Disease Is Pouring Across the Border': Trump Releases New, Very …

Donald Trump (1) Donald Trump has released yet another statement––this one incredibly long––insisting that everything he said about ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»

Drug smuggler held at Hong Kong border 'had 2kg of crystal meth …

The alleged drug courier, 35, evaded detection on the mainland China side of the Lo Wu border crossing but was stopped on the Hong Kong ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

Prayut makes his pitch for border investment

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha praised Thailand as a perfect location with more than 5,000 kilometres of border with neighbouring countries ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»

Man crossing the border in kayak is arrested

SAN DIEGO — A man who was seen crossing the international border in an inflatable kayak late on the Fourth of July was later determined to ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»

Hungary MPs approve border fence and anti-migrant law

Hungary's parliament has passed new legislation tightening asylum rules, and backed plans to erect a border fence to keep out migrants. «BBC News, Jul 15»

Venezuela recalls ambassador in Guyana amid border dispute

A potentially rich oil discovery in waters off the northern coast of South America has rekindled the border dispute that stretches back to the 19th ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»

Gunmen with AK-47s Rob Underground Texas Border Casino

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gunmen carrying AK-47s stormed an underground casino near the Texas border firing several shots to scare ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

Earnest on Illegal Murdering San Francisco Woman: Can't Secure …

Earnest on Illegal Murdering San Francisco Woman: Can't Secure Border "Because Of Political Efforts Of Republicans" ... «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»