bourne

[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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Not long after 10 p.m., a guest showed up who demanded his full attention: Peter Bourne.

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Stroup was surprised and thrilled to see Bourne at the front door.

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Years before he showed up at that fateful Washington party, Peter Bourne served as a doctor in Vietnam.

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Bourne and his clinic caught the attention of Georgia’s new governor, Jimmy Carter.

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Back then, Carter was an obscure figure, but Bourne believed in him.

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