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marginally

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marginally
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mar - gi - nal - ly -> marginally

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margin /'mɑ:dʒÇn/ n

၁။ (က) စာမျက်နှာပေါ်ရှိ ဘေးမျဉ်း ကွက်လပ်။ မာဂျင်။ leave wide/narrow margins ❍ notes written in the margin. (ခ) အနားသတ်မျဉ်း။ နယ်နိမိတ်။ the margin of a lake/pool ❍ (fig ) people living on the margins of society.
၂။ (usu sing ) (က) အသာရသည့် ပမာဏ။ a narrow margin between the teams in second and third place (eg a small difference in points scored) ❍ He beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds/by a wide margin. ❍ She won the seat by a margin of ten votes.
(ခ) အမှားခံနိုင်သည့် ပမာဏ။ a good safety margin ❍ This is the most difficult hole on the course, with very little margin for error.
၃။ (commerce ) အမြတ်အစွန်း။ a business operating on tight (ie small) margins ❍ a substantial/comfortable profit margin.
❏ marginal /-nl/ adj
၁။ စာမျက်နှာပေါ်ရှိ ဘေးမျဉ်း ကွက်လပ် တွင်ရေးသားသော။ မာဂျင်ထဲ၌ ရေးသားသော။ marginal notes/comments.
၂။ မဖြစ်စလောက်။ နည်းသော။ have a marginal effect on sth ❍ The difference between the two estimates is marginal.
၃။ အရေးမပါသော။ petty rivalry between marginal groups.
၄။ တွက်ခြေကိုက်လောက်အောင် သီးနှံများ မဖြစ်ထွန်းသော(မြေ)။
၅။ (politics esp Brit ) ဆန္ဒမဲအရေအတွက် အနည်းငယ်မျှဖြင့်သာ အနိုင်ရ သော။ ကပ်၍နိုင်သော။ a marginal seat/constituency.
n ကပ်၍ အနိုင်ရနိုင်သော အမတ် စသည်နေရာ။ a Labour marginal.
❏ marginalize, -ise /'mɑ:dʒÇnǝlaÇz/ v ဘေးဖယ်ထားသည်။ ပထုတ်ထားသည်။ Western society has marginalized elderly people to a considerable extent. marginalization, -isation n [U]
❏ marginally /-nǝli/ adv မဖြစ်စလောက်။ marginally better/ cheaper/ more risky ❍ Local schools were only marginally affected by the strike.
❏ margin of error n [C usu sing ] လက်ခံနိုင်သော အမှားပမာဏ။ The margin of error is 2%.

More examples
  • [in the margin] : I made a couple of notes in the margin.
  • [a wide/narrow/large/small margin] : Danes voted by a narrow margin (=a small amount) to keep their own currency.
  • Wide safety margins had been set.
  • There’s no margin for error – we have to win.
  • The Andes run along the western margin of South America.
Synonyms
edge, border, fringe, periphery, outskirts, boundary, allowance, be adjacent to, be on edge, be on the edge, blockaded, bound, box in, brim, brink, brink on, butt on, close around, close in, close in on, close on, closed in, compass, confine, elbowroom, enclave, extra, fence in, fenced in, field, flanked, flanking, frame, fringing, girdled, girdling, go around, going around, gravitate toward, hedge in, hem, hem in, latitude, lay siege to, leeway, lie along, lie alongside, limit, lip, margined, mark off, marked off, perimeter, play, rim, rimmed, rimming, room, scope, selvage, set off, setting off, shore, shut in, side, sided, sideline, skirt, slack, space, surplus, surround, trimming, verge
Antonyms
center, core, inside, interior, middle
Cross references
edgeborderfringeperipheryoutskirtsboundaryallowancebe adjacent tobe on edgebe on the edgeblockadedboundbox inbrimbrinkbrink onbutt onclose aroundclose inclose in onclose onclosed incompassconfineelbowroomenclaveextrafence in
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