borderlineadjective
uk/ˈbɔː.də.laɪn/us/ˈbɔːr.dɚ.laɪn/between two different conditions, with the possibility of belonging to either one of them:
Only in borderline cases (= cases where students might succeed or fail) will pupils have an oral exam.
She was a borderline candidate for the job.
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Different and difference
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative
- another
- clash
- contrary
- differential
- distinctive
- distorted
- diverge
- divergence
- divers
- divide
- permutation
- refreshing
- several
- step
- sundry
- tangential
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borderlinenoun [ S ]
uk/ˈbɔː.də.laɪn/us/ˈbɔːr.dɚ.laɪn/something that separates two different qualities:
The borderline between friendship and intimacy is often hard to define.
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- branch
- break sth up
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- drift
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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