Engelsk

borderland

gb/bˈɔɹdɚlənd/ us/bˈɔɹdɚlənd/
C1 Engelsk
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Substantiv C1 entity
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Area near a border

an area near the line that separates two countries or regions

Bruksmønster: [a/the] borderland; borderlands; the borderland between [place] and [place]
Vanlig feil:
Do not use borderland for the exact dividing line itself; use border or boundary for that.
Synonymer
border region (more direct and common in everyday factual description) | frontier (suggests a remote edge area, often with historical or pioneer associations) | boundary area (more general and less tied to national or political borders)
Antonymer
interior (the central area away from borders or coasts) | heartland (the central or most typical part of a country or region)
Ordkombinasjoner
remote borderlands |rugged borderlands |northern borderlands |rural borderland |borderland region |disputed borderland |mountain borderlands |frontier borderlands
Temaer
geography |politics |travel |places
Eksempler
  • The river runs through a sparsely populated borderland between the two countries.
  • Many families in the borderlands have relatives on both sides of the frontier.
  • The novel is set in the rugged borderland where three provinces meet.
Eksempler for deg som lærer
  • They live in a borderland near Mexico.
  • The borderland is far from the capital city.
Substantiv C1 abstract
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Unclear area between categories

a situation or subject that is between two different things and is not clearly one or the other

Bruksmønster: the borderland between [something] and [something]; a borderland of [something]
Vanlig feil:
This figurative use is often followed by between; do not confuse it with borderline, which is usually an adjective meaning almost unacceptable or almost a particular condition.
Synonymer
gray area (more common and informal; emphasizes uncertainty or lack of clear rules) | overlap (emphasizes shared features between two things) | liminal space (more literary or academic; emphasizes being in transition)
Antonymer
clear boundary (a definite separation between categories) | distinction (a recognized difference between two things)
Ordkombinasjoner
the borderland between |a strange borderland |a gray borderland |a moral borderland |the borderland of memory |the borderland of sleep |the borderland of science and art
Temaer
ideas |language |arts |psychology
Eksempler
  • The film lives in the borderland between documentary and fiction.
  • Some of his work explores the borderland of memory, dream, and imagination.
  • The case falls into a legal borderland where the rules are not yet clear.
Eksempler for deg som lærer
  • This story is in the borderland between fact and fiction.
  • The question belongs to the borderland of science and art.
Grammatikk
Oppslagsform
borderland
IPA
GB/bˈɔɹdɚlənd/
US/bˈɔɹdɚlənd/
Stavelser og trykk
bor - der - land (3 stavelser)
Stress on 1st syllable (bor)
Bøyingsformer
Noun
  • Base: borderland
  • Plural: borderlands
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