frontier
The border or border area between two countries or big regions.
A border line or border region between two countries or large areas, especially when seen as a place that must be guarded or crossed.
The most advanced level of knowledge or progress in a subject, where new things are still being discovered or done.
The most advanced or developed point that has been reached in a particular area of knowledge, research, technology, or activity.
A far-away area at the edge of a country where not many people live, often in history, and where life is simple and sometimes unsafe.
A remote region at the edge of a country or area of settlement, especially in historical times, where the land is only partly settled and life is often rough and dangerous.
- Base: frontier
- Plural: frontiers
a new frontier in
1recently opened area in a field
A new area of work, study, or business in a field where people can still do many new things.
- Virtual reality represents a new frontier in entertainment.
- Gene therapy is a new frontier in the treatment of rare diseases.
beyond the frontiers of
1outside known or accepted limits
Outside the area where something is normally known, used, or accepted.
- His theories go beyond the frontiers of traditional physics.
- The project aims to move education beyond the frontiers of the classroom.
frontier justice
1rough justice without formal law
Punishment or justice given in a simple and often unfair way, without normal courts, especially in wild or new areas.
- The film shows how frontier justice was often quick and brutal.
- Frontier justice sometimes meant the crowd decided a person's fate.
frontier market
1small less-developed financial market
A country’s financial market that is very new and small for investors, less developed than an emerging market but still open to outside money.
- Some investors see higher risk but higher potential returns in frontier markets.
- The fund focuses on frontier markets in Africa and Asia.
frontier spirit
1independent and adventurous attitude
A way of thinking that is brave, independent, and ready to try new things, like people who lived on the frontier.
- The company likes to talk about its frontier spirit of innovation.
- Her grandparents brought a real frontier spirit to the new settlement.
frontier town
1small town at remote edge
A small town in a far-away border area, often in history, with few laws and services.
- The story is set in a rough frontier town in the 1870s.
- Frontier towns often grew quickly and then disappeared just as fast.
on the frontier
1located at a border region
In a place that is at the edge of a country or settled area.
- Small forts were built on the frontier to protect settlers.
- Life on the frontier required hard work and courage.
push the frontiers of
1extend the limits of a field
To make the limits of what is possible in a subject bigger by discovering or doing new things.
- Their work is pushing the frontiers of renewable energy.
- New technologies continue to push the frontiers of medical treatment.
the American frontier
1historical US western border region
The wide western area of the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, when it was still being settled.
- Many history books describe life on the American frontier.
- The myth of the American frontier has shaped national identity.
the final frontier
1last great unexplored area
The last big and unknown area to explore or understand, often used about space or a new field of knowledge.
- For many people, deep space is the final frontier.
- The deep ocean remains the final frontier on our own planet.
the frontiers of science
1most advanced parts of science
The most modern and advanced parts of science, where new things are still being discovered.
- These experiments push the frontiers of science in genetics.
- International cooperation is essential at the frontiers of science.
the western frontier
1western edge of settlement
The far western area at the edge of settled land in a country, especially in history.
- Farmers moved to the western frontier in search of land.
- The novel explores conflicts on the western frontier.