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[bawrn, bohrn] / bɔrn, boʊrn /

NOUN

limit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cap ceiling check curb deadline maximum restraint restriction

STRONG

absolute border bound brim brink circumscription conclusion confinement confines destination edge end extremity fence finality goal limitation margin obstruction rim termination tops ultimate utmost verge

WEAK

bitter end bottom line breaking point cutoff point end point farthest point farthest reach the max the most

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freedom liberation minimum

STRONG

beginning center commencement inside interior middle opening start

WEAK

infinity limitlessness

Example Sentences

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These are the winter bournes that have given name to several settlements upon Salisbury Plain, such as 333 Winterbourne Gunning.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

This man was the Hutuktu Jahantsi, Chairman of the Mongolian Council of Ministers, and honored and revered far beyond the bournes of Mongolia.

From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ossendowski, Ferdinand

All the people there are protected against Evil and crimes do not exist within its bournes.

From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ossendowski, Ferdinand

The streets are all mournful; orators mounted on the bournes, with large silent audience, preaching the funeral sermon of the dead.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Is it calm in that green valley, Round whose bournes such great hills swell?

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean

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