Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - borderline
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Borderline
borderline
(borderlines) 1. The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them. ...a task which involves exploring the borderline between painting and photography. N-COUNT: usu N between/of n 2. Something that is borderline is only just acceptable as a member of a class or group. Some were obviously unsuitable and could be ruled out at once. Others were borderline cases. ADJ
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I. adjective Date: 1907 1. a. being in an intermediate position or state ; not fully classifiable as one thing or its opposite a ~ state between waking and sleeping b. not quite up to, typical of, or as severe as what is usual, standard, or expected ~ intelligence ~ hypertension c. characterized by psychological instability in several areas (as interpersonal relations, behavior, and identity) but only with brief or no psychotic episodes a ~ personality disorder 2. situated at or near a border a ~ town • ~ noun II. adverb Date: 1925 almost, nearly ~ tacky ~ suicidal ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 the line dividing two (often extreme) conditions. 2 a line marking a boundary. --adj. 1 on the borderline. 2 verging on an extreme condition; only just acceptable. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. граница; демаркационная линия on the very borderline —- на самой границе 2. пограничный 3. стоящий на грани; граничащий; промежуточный; спорный a borderline case —- промежуточный случай 4. больной с пограничным состоянием (о психопате) borderline cases of arthritis —- мед. промежуточные формы артрита 5. сомнительный; стоящий на грани непристойности borderline jokes —- сомнительные анекдоты borderline remarks —- замечания на грани допустимости he publishes thrillers and rather shoocking borderline books —- он издает триллеры и книги довольно сомнительного содержания ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj borderline case/candidate/decision etc a situation in which you are not sure whether someone or something is acceptable (Borderline candidates will take an oral exam to decide their final result.) ~2 n 1 the point at which one quality, condition, emotion etc ends and another begins (slipping gently over the borderline into sleep) 2 a border between two countries ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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