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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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If 40 is the landmark birthday from whose bourne no athlete returns, what does that make 30?

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2018

In which case at least some of the burden will be bourne by those who don’t realise they are.

From Forbes • May 27, 2014

But when she offers to flee with him to some bourne of quiet, she learns again that worldly ambition can conquer desire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Years later, when the adult Oliver returns to visit her memorial tablet in Stil bourne church, he realizes that there was more truth in Bounce's silliness than in all his science.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë