Meaning

1 senses

  1. To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom is borderline paranoid.

    ruТом - пограничный параноик. — marafon

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  2. Layla suffered from borderline personality disorder.

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  3. Mennad was diagnosed with borderline personality.

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  4. Yanni struggles with borderline personality disorder.

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  5. He wants to experience borderline situations.

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Origin

From border + line.

From border + line.

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Forms

borderlines, borderlining, borderlined, borderlined
Base formborderline · to borderline
3rd person singularborderlines
Present participleborderlining
Past simpleborderlined
Past participleborderlined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyborderline
he, she, itborderlines

Past simpleLesson

all personsborderlined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave borderlined
he, she, ithas borderlined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill borderline

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boraxborderB1boreB1boredomB1borg
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