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BORDER ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

Example:

His playing approaches that of Horowitz

Synonyms:

approach; border on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "border on" is one way to...):

approximate; come close (be close or similar)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "border on"):

converge (approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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