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Collocations for frontier - noun

1. (BrE) border between countries

ADJECTIVE

common
Neither country would guarantee the integrity of their common frontier.
eastern, northern, etc.
There were very few border controls on the south-western frontier.
Franco-Spanish, French-Spanish, etc.

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VERB + frontier

cross
The army crossed the frontier in the middle of the night.
reach
control, defend, guard
The rebels control the frontier and the surrounding area.

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frontier + NOUN

controls, post
guard
zone

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PREPOSITION

across the frontier
The weapons were smuggled across the frontier.
along the frontier
an army grouping along the frontier
at the frontier
There was an army checkpoint at the frontier.
on the frontier
people living on the German frontier
over the frontier
They were forced to retreat back over the frontier.
frontier between
the frontier between India and Pakistan
frontier with
France's frontier with Germany

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2. (the frontier) the edge of land that is known

ADJECTIVE

wild
America's wild frontier
western

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VERB + frontier

explore
tame
settle

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frontier + NOUN

province, settlement, town
mentality, spirit

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3. border between what we know and do not know

ADJECTIVE

final, last
new
next
technological

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VERB + frontier

explore
Space is the final frontier for us to explore.
advance, expand, extend, open, push back
The scientists' work will push back the frontiers of physics.

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