boundary English · revision 7509

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1598}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbaʊndɹi/, /ˈbaʊndəɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˈbaʊndɹi/, /ˈbaʊndəɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an alteration of dialect bounder (16th century), from the verb [[bound]], to limit, and [[-er]],^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) perhaps on the pattern of limitary;^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) Etymonline and MWU describe it as bound and [[-ary]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ That which marks the limits of something: 1598 in MWU, 1626 in the OED, the 1620s in Etymonline.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Strictly, it was a visible mark indicating a dividing line, while a bound was the furthest point of a thing.^(Etymonline) In cricket the limit of the field is from 1867, and a hit to the boundary from 1896.^(OED 1989) In mathematics, ''boundary condition'' is from 1902 and ''boundary value'' from 1898.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1598 – a limit.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1626 – in the OED.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1867 – in cricket.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1902 – boundary condition.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something that marks a [[border]] or [[limit]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # The border or limit itself.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # ''(cricket)'' The edge of the field, or a hit that reaches it.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[boundaryless]]

+ * [[boundarylessness]]

+ * [[transboundary]]

+ * [[boundary condition]]

+ * [[boundary line]]

+ * [[boundary rider]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bound]]

+ * [[bourn]]

+ * [[bounder]]

+ * [[limit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}