Frontier

Word FRONTIER
Character 8
Hyphenation fron tier
Pronunciations /fɹʌnˈtɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Frontier"

What do we mean by frontier?

An international border. noun

The area along an international border. noun

A region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area. noun

An undeveloped area or field for discovery or research. noun

To form or constitute a frontier; possess territories bordering on or constituting a frontier: with on or upon.

To place on the frontier; border.

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the confines or extreme part of a country bordering on another country; the marches; the border. noun

That part of a country which forms the border of its settled or inhabited regions: as (before the settlement of the Pacific coast), the western frontier of the United States. noun

A fort; a fortification. noun

The front or bordering part of anything, as the forehead. noun

Antagonistic or insolent bearing or aspect. The sense of the word in the following passage is disputed. noun

Synonyms Border, Confine, etc. See boundary. noun

Of or pertaining to a frontier; lying on the border or exterior part; bordering: as, a frontier town.

Fronting; opposite.

To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. intransitive verb

Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous. adjective

Of or relating to a frontier. adjective

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country. noun

An outwork. noun

The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.

An outwork of a fortification.

Frontier; screw, fool, defraud, bamboozle, dupe or swindle. Not getting a straight answer. Being passed around from dept to dept. In reference to Frontier Communications' poor service. Urban Dictionary

A flash game about trading between kingdoms, and winnig by becoming a sheriff of the enforcers (Police) guild, a major criminal on the bucanners guild, gaining a million gold coins, or taking over the world Urban Dictionary

A former Fallout New Vegas mod that was on hosted The Nexus at one point, but was taken down due to rampant reports of pedophilia among the devs. The mod is still uploaded on some other sites, but those links might soon go dead due to people reporting it. Urban Dictionary

Nissan Pickup Truck produced stating in 1998 with chassis code D22. Replaced previous "Hardbody" D21 pickup. With the KA24DE 4 cylinder and FS5W71C 5 speed trans, it is nearly indestructible. Newer model replaced it around 2006 which is larger and heavier. Also known as the Nissan Navarra in Australia and Europe where it is available with a diesel engine. The SUV variant is called the X-Terra. A VG33DE V6 became available in 1999 and a supercharged version of the VG was available in 2001. All years are available with 2 or 4 wheel drive. Urban Dictionary

The Frontier is the area of town where you and all your friends live. Urban Dictionary

People not being themselves; front Urban Dictionary

To get frontiered - to receive a runaround when calling tech support, including clueless representatives, terminal holds, being bounced multiple times between departments, and eventually getting disconnected and having to start the process all over again. Named for Frontier Communications, which recently took over for AT&T in New England (already known for bad tech support) and made it several orders of magnitude worse. Urban Dictionary

Anal intercourse between a homosexual man and an animal associated with the American West, usually a horse, mule, buffalo or bison. Urban Dictionary

Frontier justice is to take justice in to your own hands regardless of the possible legal ramifications it may entail. Urban Dictionary

Outer Space. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Frontier

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The word "frontier" in example sentences

Serbia and Montenegro_: In the north of the Adriatic, _the entire coast, commencing from the Bay of Volosca_ on the frontier of Istria as far as the _northern frontier_ of Dalmatia, including the whole of the coast-line now belonging to Hungary, the entire coast of Croatia, the port of Fiume and the small harbours of Novi and Carlopago, as also the islands of Velia, Pervicchio, Gregorio, Goli and Arbe. ❋ Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin Von Und Zu Chudenitz (1902)

About two miles from the German frontier (_frontier_ just here as well as front) an isolated hill rises out of the Lorraine meadows. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

The IMF groups 11 sub-Saharan economies into what it calls "frontier markets" that have natural resources, viable financial markets, and relative political stability. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"With what you call the frontier markets, there is some interest again," he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term frontier is a key word in the American lexicon, since it symbolizes the vigor and adaptability of the American people and their culture. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Convenience of crossing the frontier is another, your automobile is another, your future plans for living in México is another, etc., etc. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And so he's launched what they call a frontier strategy, and that is, to find and eliminate the extremists and deliver better governance and economic opportunity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Our road was along the line of the Kuban, the river separating Russia from Circassia; for though the Emperor includes the latter country among "all the Russias," the frontier is as distinctly traced as that of Persia or China. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Western Europe was up 2. 6%, but where we really saw the boost was in what we call frontier Europe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So some good strength in what we call frontier Europe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yet many small and large investors already in Ukraine boast of strong margins in what they describe as a frontier European market of 46m citizens. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"The term frontier is quite appropriate because in my mind it is a riskier area than some emerging markets, for example I would put Nigeria in a much higher risk category than India. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their frontier is not on traditional battlefields; it is organized via satellite from places common and close, within America and without. ❋ Rep. Mike Honda (2010)

Another risk corporates often encounter in frontier markets is political risk: The possibility that your investment will be attacked or expropriated by local government officials, that your local business partners will fall out with the local government, or that your investment is affected by terrorism or the threat of war. ❋ Julian Evans (2010)

The store's next revenue frontier is electronic books, although it remains to be seen how many Kindle owners will download "The U.S. Army in Somalia 1992-94." ❋ Lisa Rein (2010)

"I waited all day for [the technician] to show up and install my internet and he never showed up and I called into Customer Service and no one could give me a straight answer.", "Awe, man, you really got [Frontiered]" "I gave my credit card information over the phone to the ISP and they hung up on me and I [called back] and no one picked up", "Sounds like you got Frontiered, my friend" ❋ CustomerServiceRep (2017)

I really want that [vanguard], but I'll just take 10 cloth, and sell that to the next kingdom by [the frontier]. Let's hope the [RNG] doesn't mess with us, and we don't have to fight 5 heavily armed and guarded bucanners on a vanguard, or we don't have black market substances with 5 enforcers ❋ ♥🗺☠ (2021)

Fallout: The Frontier is a great mod. I managed to avoid the [questionable content] but because of one [bad dev] they decided to take down the whole mod and now [the Fallout] community may never recover. ❋ The Macbroker (2021)

My Frontier has [300],000 [miles] on it and uses no [oil]. ❋ Bil-e-bob (2008)

Ew, I'd never [go out] with [so-and-so]. He's not from [the Frontier]. ❋ Reese Witherfork (2006)

[Look at] those Frontiers [coming] [our way]. ❋ FRMTT (2021)

I needed help with my word processor program, but when I called the [tech support], I got frontiered. I got frontiered when I called [the mechanic] to see if my car is ready. It may be cheap, but you are guaranteed to get frontiered if you sign up for [Frontier] internet. ❋ Dranalog (2016)

[The men] went frontiering in a [remote] camp because they knew they might be arrested if the expressed their [love in] an area where they can be seen. ❋ SanFranMan (2008)

That dick Mark beat [his girlfriend] so lets use from [frontier justice] and [trash] his car. ❋ DalaiAndrew (2007)

"Space: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Ship Enterprise." - [Captain James] T. Kirk, commanding officer, [USS Enterprise] [NCC-1701] ❋ Chief Of The Okhrana (2015)

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