"boundless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more boundless [comparative], most boundless [superlative]
Etymology: From bound + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bound|less}} bound + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} boundless (comparative more boundless, superlative most boundless)
  1. Without bounds, unbounded. Synonyms: bottomless, extentless, limitless, unbottomed, unbounded, infinite Derived forms: boundlessly, boundlessness, unboundless Translations (without bounds, unbounded): ἄπειρος (ápeiros) (Ancient Greek), ἀπέραντος (apérantos) (Ancient Greek), ἄπλετος (ápletos) (Ancient Greek), বেহদ্দ (behoddo) (Bengali), безграни́чен (bezgraníčen) (Bulgarian), 無邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 无边 (wúbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), grænseløs (Danish), ubegrænset (Danish), grenzeloos (Dutch), onbegrensd (Dutch), senlima (Esperanto), rajaton (Finnish), illimité (French), grenzenlos (German), unbegrenzt (German), ללא גבול (le lo gevūl) (Hebrew), अदिति (aditi) (Hindi), illimitato (Italian), sconfinato (Italian), infīnītus (Latin), onbeschrenkjt (Plautdietsch), bezgraniczny [masculine] (Polish), bezkresny (Polish), nemărginit (Romanian), безграни́чный (bezgraníčnyj) (Russian), беспреде́льный (bespredélʹnyj) (Russian), бескра́йний (beskrájnij) (Russian), бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj) (Russian), अनन्त (ananta) (Sanskrit), अदिति (aditi) (Sanskrit), ilimitado (Spanish), sin límites (Spanish), sınırsız (Turkish), sonsuz (Turkish), безме́жний (bezméžnyj) (Ukrainian), безкра́йній (bezkrájnij) (Ukrainian), безкра́їй (bezkrájij) (Ukrainian)
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          "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “The Garden”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. By William Cowper […] To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, OCLC 221351486; republished as The Task. A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools, new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-street, second door above Chestnut-street, 1787, OCLC 23630717, page 87",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespredélʹnyj",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "беспреде́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beskrájnij",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "бескра́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beskonéčnyj",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "бесконе́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ananta",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "अनन्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "aditi",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "अदिति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "ilimitado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "sin límites"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "sınırsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "sonsuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezméžnyj",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "безме́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezkrájnij",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "безкра́йній"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezkrájij",
      "sense": "without bounds, unbounded",
      "word": "безкра́їй"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boundless"
}

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