Synonyms for bordering
bor·der·ing

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1. bordering

   Adjacent farms may not be connected; if adjoining, they meet at the boundary-line. Conterminous would imply that their dimensions were exactly equal on the side where they adjoin. Contiguous may be used for either adjacent or adjoining. Abutting refers rather to the end of one building or estate than to the neighborhood of another. Buildings may be adjacent or adjoining that are not attached. Near is a relative word, places being called near upon the railroad which would elsewhere be deemed remote. Neighboring always implies such proximity that the inhabitants may be neighbors. Next views some object as the nearest of several or many; next neighbor implies a neighborhood.

   Synonyms:
   abutting, adjacent, adjoining, attached, beside, close, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, near, neighboring, next, nigh

   Antonyms:
   detached, disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separate

   Preposition:
   The farm was adjacent to the village.

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1. List of paraphrases for "bordering":

   neighbouring, neighboring, riparian, boundary, border, adjoining, surrounding, neighbours

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1. Vice President Joe Biden:

   There are still things within our power as a nation we can do by returning to basics. Not left-leaning, liberal ideas that are bordering on confiscation, wealth-envy, basic, basic things: build roads, bridges, technology, invest in research and development and generate more educational achievement.

2. Charles Kajoloweka:

   There is a need to economically empower the poor, especially those in areas bordering natural forests.

3. John Sifton:

   Some will be able to navigate Taliban checkpoints to obtain access to airports, which may have a limited number of commercial or chartered flights in the future, but a lot of these people are going to flee over land and present themselves in various places bordering Afghanistan.

4. Gero Neugebauer:

   The The Cold War paranoia breaking out in Thuringia is bizarre - you get a feeling it's a state bordering Russia rather than Hesse and that Soviet tanks are ready to roll in, the reality is that the Left taking control of a state is a big step toward more German unity.

5. William Cheung:

   I think the dispute is still posing large uncertainties to the management of resources and conservation of ecosystems in the South China Sea, after the Hague ruling, the PRC (People's Republic of China) disputes the validity of the ruling. It means that cooperation between the countries bordering the South China Sea in managing the ecosystems is still challenging.