bourne

Meaning

1. A boundary; a limit.
2. A goal or destination.

Synonyms

bourn

limit

destination

boundary

Terminus

border

bound

goal

ceiling

destiny

edge

end

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foreordination

frontier

ambit

brook

line

mete

parameter

predestination

preordination

purpose

purview

raja

stint

stream

terminal

terminal point

terminus ad quem

confine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔːn/

Etymology

From Middle French borne, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.