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A dotted line marks the border between the two provinces.
What does Border mean?
A border is an edge or dividing line; as a verb, it means to form or share an edge.
Dictionary definition
An outer edge or dividing boundary; a decorative band or margin; or a narrow planted bed along an edge. As a verb, border means to form an edge, share a boundary, add a border, or come close to a quality in the phrase border on.
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Border in a sentence
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She drew a yellow border around the poster.
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A border of herbs grows beside the garden path.
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Canada borders the United States.
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Tall trees border both sides of the road.
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His detailed plan borders on being too complicated to use.
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Which list contains three meanings of border?
Border can name several kinds of edge, including political, decorative, and garden borders.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses border as a verb meaning share a boundary?
Borders is the verb because the two countries meet along a shared boundary.
Practice 3
What does borders on mean in “The claim borders on the unbelievable”?
Border on can mean approach or almost have a particular quality.
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WordBorder.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningBorder means A border is an edge or dividing line; as a verb, it means to form or share an edge.
ExampleExample: A dotted line marks the border between the two provinces.
Word breakdown
2 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- bor · der
- Strongest beat
- bor
- Ending
- der
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on bor.
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Synonyms
Words like Border
boundaryA close equivalent for a line or limit separating areas.
edgeClose for the outer part of an area or object.
marginClose for the blank or decorated space around printed or pictured material.
adjoinA formal verb for sharing an edge or boundary, especially between neighboring places or properties.
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Does Border have an opposite?
Border has no general direct opposite. Centre and interior contrast with an outer edge, but they do not reverse the political, decorative, garden, or verb senses.
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Word family
Border word family
Base word
border
noun
borders
More than one border; it is also the present-tense verb used with he, she, or it.
verb
bordered
Had a border added or formed or shared an edge in the past.
verb
bordering
Forming, sharing, or coming close to an edge or quality.
adjective
borderless
Having no border or designed to appear without one.
noun
borderland
Land near a border or an area between two conditions or fields.
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Hint for students
Look for an edge, a dividing line, decoration, a garden bed, two places touching, or the phrase border on meaning almost.
Common mix-up
A political border is an agreed or legally defined boundary, not necessarily a fence or wall. Border on can also mean almost have a quality, not physically touch it.
Try it in class or at home
Have students label borders on a map, page, and garden sketch, then write one verb sentence for places that share a boundary and one border on sentence for a quality.
Teacher prompt
Compare “The river forms the border,” “Flowers fill the border,” and “The joke bordered on rude.” Ask students which clues identify political, garden, and figurative uses.
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