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Borders
" I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous."
P. C. Cast

Meaning of "Borders" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BORDERS

ˈbɔːdəz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BORDERS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Borders is 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.

WHAT DOES BORDERS 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 Borders in the English dictionary

The definition of Borders in the dictionary is the Borders area either side of the border between England and Scotland.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BORDERS

alexanders · Bermudas · blinders · Childers · cinders · dividers · Enders · Flanders · flinders · glanders · Guelders · malanders · mallanders · orders · rounders · sallenders · Saunders · suspenders · waders

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BORDERS

Border Leicester · Border Patrol · border police · border raid · border state · border taxes · border terrier · bordereau · bordereaux · borderer · bordering countries · borderland · borderless · borderline · borderline case · borderline personality disorder · Borders Region · Bordet

WORDS THAT END LIKE BORDERS

clerk in holy orders · do wonders · East Flanders · firing on all cylinders · holy orders · in holy orders · league leaders · mail orders · major orders · marching orders · minor orders · padded shoulders · Randers · sailing orders · Scottish Borders · sealed orders · snakes and ladders · Space Invaders · take holy orders · under starter´s orders

Synonyms and antonyms of Borders in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BORDERS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «Borders» and belong to the same grammatical category.
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 «Borders» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BORDERS

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

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

Translator English - Chinese

边界
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Fronteras
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Borders
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बॉर्डर्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحدود
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Границы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

fronteiras
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সীমানা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

limites
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sempadan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Grenzen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ボーダーズ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

테두리
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Borders
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biên giới
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

எல்லைகளற்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सीमा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sınırlar
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Borders
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

granice
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

кордони
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

frontierele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σύνορα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grense
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gränser
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Borders
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Borders

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BORDERS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Borders
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Borders

EXAMPLES

6 QUOTES WITH «BORDERS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Borders.
1
P. C. Cast
I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
2
Cat Cora
Following the devastating India Ocean tsunami of 2004, I founded Chefs for Humanity, modeled after Doctors Without Borders, but comprised of chefs. There wasn't anything out there like it, and there was a definite need for chefs to be able to offer assistance and aid.
3
Josh Kopelman
When I started half.com, our three biggest competitors were Borders, Tower Records and Blockbuster Video.
4
Rosemary Mahoney
A majority of my blind students at the International Institute for Social Entrepreneurs in Trivandrum, India, a branch of Braille Without Borders, came from the developing world: Madagascar, Colombia, Tibet, Liberia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal and India.
5
Dikembe Mutombo
Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia. It's a camp that brings players from different parts of the continent to one city that's been assigned as the host city. We've been going to a different city every year.
6
Gijs de Vries
The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BORDERS»

Discover the use of Borders in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Borders and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies
This book illustrates step-by-step measures to take to globalize any web site for almost any country in the world, while presenting spotlights on real companies who have globalized their sites and the benefits they've received.
John Yunker, 2002
2
Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International ...
Keck and Sikkink sketch the dynamics of emergence, strategies and impact of activists from different nationalities working together on particular issues.
Margaret E. Keck, 1998
3
Northern Borders
Spending the summer of 1948 with his grandparents on Vermont's Canadian border, six-year-old Austen Kittredge finds a new home on their farm amidst the Lost Nation community of country fairs, game hunting, one-room schools, and family life.
Howard Frank Mosher, 2002
4
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
5
Crossing Borders in Community Interpreting: Definitions and ...
In this volume scholars and practitioners from different countries address these questions, offering a representative sample of ongoing research into community interpreting in the Western world, of interest to all who have a stake in this ...
Carmen Valero Garcés, Anne Martin, 2008
6
Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State
Drawing on examples from the US and Mexico, Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, Spain and Morocco, as well as various parts of Southeast Asia and Africa, this timely book offers a comparative perspective on culture at state boundaries.
Hastings Donnan, Thomas M. Wilson, 1999
7
A World Beyond Borders: An Introduction to the History of ...
Above all, by highlighting their role in relation to states and by assessing their performance, this volume provides a welcome introduction to a prime feature of our globalized world.
David Clark MacKenzie, 2010
8
Best Borders
A practical guide to the expert planning, planting and maintenance of garden borders. There are schemes to inspire every discerning gardener, from planted double borders to modest plantings for a bed of annuals and a narrow town garden.
‎1999
9
Beyond National Borders: States' Human Rights Obligations in ...
This book gives, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of extraterritorial obligations in international human rights law by placing the discussion in a larger international law context, interpreting obligations in the various sources ...
Sigrun Skogly, 2006
10
Managing Across Borders 2nd Ed
MANAGING ACROSS BORDERS is the definitive guide to the management of companies in today's global environment.
Sumantra Ghoshal, Christopher A. Bartlett, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BORDERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Borders is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Collin County cities push for more say beyond their borders
McKINNEY — Some cities in North Texas are testing how much power they wield over the chunks of land just beyond their borders, where ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
2
Texas wants its gold back in the state's borders
AUSTIN — Forget Fort Knox or the Federal Reserve. Texas has decided to start keeping its gold holdings within its borders. But what makes ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
3
Maoists press for state borders before charter
KATHMANDU, JUL 07 - At a time when four Madhes-based parties are boycotting discussions in the Constitution Assembly, the UCPN (Maoist) ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»
4
NHS Borders reacts after theatre report
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate has issued its report following an unannounced theatre inspection at the Borders General Hospital ... «The Southern Reporter, Jul 15»
5
Thumbs up for Borders tourist attractions
Four tourist attractions in the South of Scotland have been recognised by TripAdvisor because they consistently get great reviews from visitors. «ITV News, Jul 15»
6
Traffic at Iranian borders up by 7%
TEHRAN - Officials say the annual traffic at Iranian land, sea, and air borders jumped by 7 percent during the last Iranian year (March ... «Tehran Times, Jul 15»
7
Social Media Crosses Borders When People Can't
Social media has made connecting with faraway friends and relatives so easy, many people take it for granted. But imagine if it was the only ... «Arizona Public Media, Jul 15»
8
The Eureka project: 30 years of research and innovation across …
The Eureka project has just celebrated its 30th anniversary in Lugano. This marks decades of innovation across borders thanks to a French and ... «euronews, Jul 15»
9
Del Val: Art worth seeing beyond our metro borders
A recurring conversation that I am part of on a relatively regular basis is how to engage the many rural communities that surround the metro ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
10
Donald Trump: Jeb will never be able to secure borders, negotiate …
Jeb Bush denouncing Donald Trump's comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico, per the NY Times: “To make these extraordinarily ugly ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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