frontier

[frʌnˈtɪr]

Definition:
1. A line that separates two countries, etc.; the land near this line.
2. A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country.
3. An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary.
4. An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.

Use 'frontier' in a sentence:

1. The frontier guards, ever on the alert, stand watch over the borders of our country.
2. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality.
3. There's a new frontier in 3D printing that's beginning to come into focus: food.
4. China has seen major innovations emerge in large numbers and the country is now leading or co-leading the world in some frontier areas.
5. The rebels control the frontier and the surrounding area.
6. Article 11 When an aircraft or a vessel international routes arrives at a Chinese port, the captain or his agent must submit a passenger name list to the frontier inspection office;
7. The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.
8. But get these things right, and the ocean might just be the next great economic frontier.
9. The frontier is so well guarded that no one can get across.
10. The circumstances that had allowed natives to become Romanized also led the self-sustaining military community of the frontier area to become effectively British.
11. He argued for the frontier as an agent of social change.
12. Troops are massing on the frontier.
13. In their works these authors tended to glorify women's contributions to frontier life.
14. In Turnerian terminology, the frontier had furnished "a gate of escape from the bondage of the past."
15. The West was then exposed to the more volatile tribal Germanic peoples on a frontier that stretched along the Rhine and Danube rivers for 1,000 miles.
16. Cross a frontier without adjusting and you can be in deep trouble.
17. The German war machine had lumbered falteringly over the frontier and come to a standstill Linz.
18. Turner claimed that the frontier produced the individualism that is the hallmark of American culture, and that this individualism in turn promoted democratic institutions and economic equality.
19. By the middle of the twentieth century, the Frontier Thesis fell into disfavor among historians.
20. Frontier incidents have been common on the border.
21. By the end of the 19th century, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack.
22. It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier.
23. A steady flow of the coveted weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced.
24. "A comparison point is in the 1990s battles over encryption," said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog group.
25. Precisely because of this masculine orientation, revising the frontier thesis by focusing on women's experience introduces new themes into women's history.
26. The war was over before he was sent to the frontier.
27. Article 24 Frontier inspection offices shall have the power to stop aliens belonging to any of the following categories from leaving the country and to deal with them according to law:
28. We should aim for the frontiers of science and technology, strengthen basic research, and make major breakthroughs in pioneering basic research and groundbreaking and original innovations.
29. China has a frontier with Vietnam.
30. They are highly interested in the frontiers of science.
31. There's a new frontier in 3D printing that's beginning to come into focus ： food ．
32. Until very recently Texas was an unsettled frontier.
33. Kelly Reichardt's First Cow is a quiet, tender frontier drama set in The Oregon Territory in the 1820s.
34. "We are fighting now to prevent them sending reinforcements to the frontier areas for military operations, "said La Nan, speaking to The Irrawaddy on Monday.
35. Later, Reactionist writers took the view that frontier women were lonely, displaced persons in a hostile milieu that intensified the worst aspects of gender relations.
36. Areas near the frontier were rough and lawless in the old days.
37. The West then was exposed to the more volatile tribal Germanic peoples on a frontier that stretched along the Rhine and Danube rivers for 1,000 miles.
38. The river formed the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes.
39. Famous explorers of the north American frontier, Lewis and Clark arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River on November 14, 1805, in nearly starved circumstances.
40. A Frontier Airlines passenger was taped to his seat after he allegedly groped and assaulted flight attendants during a Miami-bound flight from Philadelphia in August.
41. The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region which is famous for its beautiful natural scenery is near the frontier between China and Vietnam.
42. His maternal grandfather had been that Francisco Flores, of the Second Line-Infantry Division, who had died on the frontier of Buenos Aires.
43. War drums break people's journey drear; A swan honks1 on autumn frontier.
44. With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.
45. Facilitate interactions with policy-makers on latest national and regional initiatives and frontier issues.
46. Naked aggression and an attempt to change frontiers by force could not go unchallenged.
47. Community leaders want to strengthen controls at external frontiers.
48. Rugged individualism forged America's frontier society.
49. One of these skits, "The King of Beasts" resembles a traditional frontier prank.
50. The novel vividly depicts the life of young people in the frontier region.
51. The southern frontier of the desert was far to the north of where it is now, while semiarid grassland and shallow freshwater lakes covered much of what are now arid plains.
52. Warehouses at the frontier between the two countries fill up with sacks of rice and flour.
53. Soldiers guard the frontier against invasion.
54. Irving Fisher also drew on the curve, a production possibility frontier for society, which he made downward-curved.
55. Researchers are pushing back the frontiers and opening doors to reveal why things happen and how things work.
56. They are planning to build a faithful recreation of the original frontier town.