marginal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (not generally comparable, comparative more marginal, superlative most marginal)
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
- In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.
- Written in the margin of a book.
- There were more marginal notes than text.
- 1999, R. I. Page, Introduction to English Runes, Boydell Press, page 198:
- The early pages had marginal notes most of which were lost when rats nibbled away the manuscript edges.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.
- (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- His writing ability was marginal at best.
- Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal.
- The pilots lacked experience flying in marginal weather conditions.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around.
- 2002, Andrew Geddes, Jonathan Tonge, Labour′s Second Landslide: The British General Election 2001, page 79,
- In ‘battleground’ seats with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrat vote shares increased most in the most marginal seats.
- 2007, Robert Waller, Byron Criddle, The Almanac of British Politics, page 58,
- In Outer London, Harrow East is now a more marginal Labour hold than Harrow West.
- 2010, Nick Economou, Zareh Ghazarian, Australian Politics For Dummies, unnumbered page,
- The pendulum lists the seats from least marginal to most marginal for the government on one side, and least marginal to most marginal for the opposition on the other side.
- 2021 December 1, “Network News: Integrated Rail Plan: Osborne predicts HS2 eastern leg will return”, in RAIL, number 945, page 8:
- He justified his comment by noting that the Labour Party had quickly committed to delivering a high-speed Leeds-Manchester line, and argued that pressure would grow on the Government because there were several marginal parliamentary seats around Leeds and Bradford.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
Derived termsEdit
- callosomarginal
- circummarginal
- comarginal
- ectomarginal
- endomarginal
- frontomarginal
- ice-marginal
- inframarginal
- intermarginal
- marginal analysis
- marginal benefit
- marginal cost
- marginal credit
- marginal distribution
- marginal farmer
- marginalise
- marginalism
- marginality
- marginalize
- marginally
- marginal note
- marginal sea
- marginal utility
- postmarginal
- submarginal
- supermarginal
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge
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geographically adjacent
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written in the margin of a book
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at the lower extent of a standard
of land that is barely productive
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where the winning margin was a small proportion of the total number of votes
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NounEdit
marginal (plural marginals)
- Something or somebody that is marginal.
- 1990, Elizabeth B. Lee, Sociology For People: A Caring Profession (page 110)
- […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.
- 1990, Elizabeth B. Lee, Sociology For People: A Caring Profession (page 110)
- (politics) A constituency won with a small margin.
TranslationsEdit
something that is marginal
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constituency won with a small margin
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /məɾ.ʒiˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mər.ʒiˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maɾ.d͡ʒiˈnal/
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (masculine and feminine plural marginals)
- marginal
- 2016 December 1, “Alep: La batalla que va decidir el curs de la guerra a Síria”, in El Periódico[1]:
- Ara, els EUA juguen un paper marginal en el conflicte.
- Now, the US plays a marginal role in the conflict.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “marginal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin marginālis.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /maʁ.ʒi.nal/
audio (file) - Homophones: marginale, marginales
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (feminine marginale, masculine plural marginaux, feminine plural marginales)
- written in the margin of a book; marginal
- (relational) margin, edge; marginal
- outside the mainstream; fringe, fringy
- of lesser importance; secondary
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
marginal m (plural marginaux)
Further readingEdit
- “marginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (strong nominative masculine singular marginaler, not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of marginal (uncomparable)
Further readingEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin marginalis.
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale)
ReferencesEdit
- “marginal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin marginalis.
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale)
ReferencesEdit
- “marginal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin marginālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
marginal m or f (plural marginais)
- marginal (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms)
- Synonyms: delinquente, desviante
- (economics) marginal
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
marginal f (plural marginais)
NounEdit
marginal m or f (plural marginais)
- outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms)
- Synonym: delinquente
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
marginal m or n (feminine singular marginală, masculine plural marginali, feminine and neuter plural marginale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of marginal
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | marginal | marginală | marginali | marginale | ||
| definite | marginalul | marginala | marginalii | marginalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | marginal | marginale | marginali | marginale | ||
| definite | marginalului | marginalei | marginalilor | marginalelor | |||
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -al
AdjectiveEdit
marginal (plural marginales)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “marginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
marginal c
- a margin
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of marginal | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | marginal | marginalen | marginaler | marginalerna |
| Genitive | marginals | marginalens | marginalers | marginalernas |