Word of the Day:
boundary
What It Means
The dividing line or location between two areas.
The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
I didn’t mean to push the boundaries by sending my boss a message on Saturday night.
Boundary in Context
“City or national boundaries are locations of economic opportunity, especially if the existence of the border is itself the source of a monopoly situation that favors one side over the other (Krakover, 1997).”
Did You Know?
From bound + -ary. Semantically displaced native Old English mearc (“boundary, limit”) whence Modern English mark.
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