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Collocations for boundary - noun

1. line that marks the limits of a place

ADJ.

common | northern, southern, etc. | national, state | district, parish

VERB + BOUNDARY

have | form, mark
The river forms the boundary.
share | draw, establish, fix, set
The boundary was fixed just south of the farm.
redraw | cross
We''ve just crossed the boundary into Sussex.
extend

BOUNDARY + NOUN

fence, hedge, line, wall | dispute
a boundary dispute with their neighbours

PREP.

across/over the ~
They drove across the boundary.
along the ~
We continued along the southern boundary of the county.
at/on the ~
We had to stop at the boundary. | on the boundary of the two countries
beyond the ~
She had never strayed beyond the city boundaries.
within the ~s
within the boundaries of the old city walls
~ between
the boundary between Sussex and Surrey
~ with
The state has a boundary with Ontario.

2. limit

ADJ.

traditional

VERB + BOUNDARY

cross
This job crosses the traditional boundary between social work and health care.
extend, push back
research which extends the boundaries of human knowledge
overstep

PREP.

across ~s
His policies appeal across party political boundaries.
beyond the ~s
going beyond the boundaries of accepted behaviour
on the ~
on the boundary of physics and chemistry
within the ~s
keeping within the boundaries of the law
~ between
the boundary between sanity and insanity

PHRASES

the boundaries of taste
In her performance she had clearly overstepped the boundaries of good taste.

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