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margin

/ˈmɑɚʤən/

US UK

noun

plural -gins

[count] the part of a page that is above, below, or to the side of the printed part

Please write your name in the left/left-hand margin of the page.

a book with wide/narrow margins

the place where something (such as a piece of land) stops :the edge of something

We'll meet at the margin [=(more commonly) edge] of the forest.

Mountains lie at the city's northern/southern margins. - often used figuratively in the phrase on the margins or (US) on the margin

We are trying to improve medical care for poor families living on the margins of society. [=poor families who are often forgotten or ignored by society]

The business has been operating on the margins of respectability. [=has been operating in a way that is not truly respectable]

an extra amount of something (such as time or space) that can be used if it is needed

a safety margin

If you have little or no margin for/of error, it means that you need to be very careful not to make mistakes. If you have a greater margin for/of error, you can be less careful.

We want the design to offer users a generous margin for error.

The schedule allows us very little margin for error.

a measurement of difference

The bullet missed his heart by a narrow/slim margin. [=the bullet narrowly missed his heart]

We lost the election by a one-vote margin. [=we lost the election by one vote]

She won by a margin of 3,000 votes.

He was the winner by a large/considerable margin.

A margin of error is a number or percentage that shows how accurate a measurement is.

The poll indicates that the President is supported by 54 percent of the voters, with a margin of error of 3 percent. [=it is possible that as few as 51 percent or as many as 57 percent of the voters support the President] - see also profit margin

* Các từ tương tự:
marginal, marginalize, marginally