boundary

«boundary» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: a line that marks the edge of an area, like a field, a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a boundary, boundaries)

meaning for a pupil

1) A boundary is a line that marks the edge of an area, like a field, a country or a garden. tree →

2) In cricket, the boundary is the edge of the field; hitting the ball over or to it scores 4 or 6 runs. tree →

3) Boundaries are limits on what is OK to do, like personal boundaries. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the mystic school: In note 01 the first boundary is "not a wall, but a difference"; in note 04 the Godmother's answer to a rude visitor is "not a threat" but "a boundary". In the primary lessons: In maths, the boundary of a shape is its edge; its length is the perimeter. In geography, boundaries between countries or counties. In PSHE, setting boundaries keeps you safe. In cricket problems, boundaries are fours and sixes. Phrases: hit a boundary, cross the boundary, set boundaries, push the boundaries.

examples

• Then a boundary appeared. (note 01) tree →
• The place from which another boundary might someday appear. (note 01) tree →
• not as the boundary of the thinkable. (note 03) tree →
• It starts before anything had a name: first there was only possibility, with no edge, no centre and nobody watching, and then a boundary appeared — not a wall, but a difference. (lesson 001) tree →
• In the note, the boundary that appeared was "not a wall, but a difference". (lesson 001) tree →
• The river is the boundary between the two towns. tree →
• Stay inside the playground boundary. tree →
• He hit a boundary for four runs. tree →
• The perimeter is the length of the boundary of a shape. tree →
• It's okay to set boundaries with friends. tree →
• The fence marks the boundary of our garden. tree →
• She scored 3 fours and 2 sixes, so 24 runs in boundaries. tree →
• The kids pushed the boundaries by staying up late. tree →
• Storks and pelicans flew after him in feathery bands, to accompany him to the boundaries of the garden. tree →

note

Plural: boundaries (y → ies). Spelling trap: b-o-u-n-d-a-r-y (often misspelled "boundry"). In maths, "boundary" length = perimeter.

In the corpora

• "Testing boundaries" means misbehaving on purpose to see what is allowed.
• A boundary in a shared room has to be fair to both, so both can still reach the door.
• Most volcanoes sit along plate boundaries, either where plates pull apart or where one plate dives under another.
• A ball that crosses the boundary in the air scores 6; if it bounces or rolls over first, it scores 4.
• He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boundary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.