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bordering on

bordering on is the present participle and gerund of border on.

Meaning of border on

Verb

border on (third-person singular simple present borders on, present participle bordering on, simple past and past participle bordered on)

  1. (transitive) To share a border with.
    • The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To be almost like some other thing; to verge on.
    • His behaviour borders on insanity.

Questions about bordering on

What is bordering on the present participle and gerund of?
Bordering on is the present participle and gerund of border on.

Words near bordering on in the dictionary

  1. borderer
  2. borderers
  3. bordergore
  4. Borderies
  5. bordering
  6. bordering on
  7. borderings
  8. borderism
  9. borderization
  10. borderjumper
  11. borderjumpers

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