Meaning of "fringe" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRINGE

From Old French frenge, ultimately from Latin fimbria fringe, border.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FRINGE

fringe  [frɪndʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRINGE

Fringe is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fringe in English.

WHAT DOES FRINGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fringe

Fringe may refer to: ▪ Fringe, that part of the hair overhanging the forehead, also known as bangs in American English ▪ Fringe, an ornamental appendage to the border of an item ▪ Fringe, a U.S. television series ▪ "The Fringe", a short story by Orson Scott Card ▪ Fringe Product, a record label ▪ Fringe tree or Chionanthus, a genus of flowering plants ▪ Adelaide Fringe Festival, an arts festival in Australia ▪ Edinburgh Festival Fringe, an arts festival ▪ The Fringe, the setting for the computer game Tachyon: The Fringe...

Definition of fringe in the English dictionary

The first definition of fringe in the dictionary is an edging consisting of hanging threads, tassels, etc. Other definition of fringe is an outer edge; periphery. Fringe is also unofficial; not conventional in form.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FRINGE

PRESENT

Present

I fringe

you fringe

he/she/it fringes

we fringe

you fringe

they fringe

Present continuous

I am fringing

you are fringing

he/she/it is fringing

we are fringing

you are fringing

they are fringing

Present perfect

I have fringed

you have fringed

he/she/it has fringed

we have fringed

you have fringed

they have fringed

Present perfect continuous

I have been fringing

you have been fringing

he/she/it has been fringing

we have been fringing

you have been fringing

they have been fringing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I fringed

you fringed

he/she/it fringed

we fringed

you fringed

they fringed

Past continuous

I was fringing

you were fringing

he/she/it was fringing

we were fringing

you were fringing

they were fringing

Past perfect

I had fringed

you had fringed

he/she/it had fringed

we had fringed

you had fringed

they had fringed

Past perfect continuous

I had been fringing

you had been fringing

he/she/it had been fringing

we had been fringing

you had been fringing

they had been fringing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will fringe

you will fringe

he/she/it will fringe

we will fringe

you will fringe

they will fringe

Future continuous

I will be fringing

you will be fringing

he/she/it will be fringing

we will be fringing

you will be fringing

they will be fringing

Future perfect

I will have fringed

you will have fringed

he/she/it will have fringed

we will have fringed

you will have fringed

they will have fringed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been fringing

you will have been fringing

he/she/it will have been fringing

we will have been fringing

you will have been fringing

they will have been fringing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would fringe

you would fringe

he/she/it would fringe

we would fringe

you would fringe

they would fringe

Conditional continuous

I would be fringing

you would be fringing

he/she/it would be fringing

we would be fringing

you would be fringing

they would be fringing

Conditional perfect

I would have fringe

you would have fringe

he/she/it would have fringe

we would have fringe

you would have fringe

they would have fringe

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been fringing

you would have been fringing

he/she/it would have been fringing

we would have been fringing

you would have been fringing

they would have been fringing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you fringe
we let´s fringe
you fringe

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to fringe

Past participle

fringed

Present Participle

fringing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FRINGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fringe» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of fringe

alternative · avant-garde · binding · border · borderline · bound · edge · edging · enclose · flank · flounce · frill · hem · innovative · limits · march · margin · outskirts · perimeter · periphery · radical · skirt · surround · tassel · trim · trimming · unconventional · unofficial · unorthodox

TRANSLATION OF FRINGE

Find out the translation of fringe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fringe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fringe» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 边缘
• Translator English - Spanish: flequillo
• English: fringe
• Translator English - Hindi: फ्रिंज
• Translator English - Arabic: قُصَّة
• Translator English - Russian: челка
• Translator English - Portuguese: franja
• Translator English - Bengali: পাড়
• Translator English - French: frange
• Translator English - Malay: Pinggir
• Translator English - German: Pony
• Translator English - Japanese: 切下げ前髪
• Translator English - Korean: 가장자리
• Translator English - Javanese: Pinggir
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tóc mái
• Translator English - Tamil: விளிம்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: फ्रिंज
• Translator English - Turkish: saçak
• Translator English - Italian: frangia
• Translator English - Polish: grzywka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: чубчик
• Translator English - Romanian: breton
• Translator English - Greek: φράντζα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: byvoordele
• Translator English - Swedish: lugg
• Translator English - Norwegian: pannelugg

10 QUOTES WITH «FRINGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fringe.

1

Diane Ackerman

When a hurricane thrashes the mid-Atlantic, my hilly town often reaps the fringe of the storm. The rain starts blowing sideways, and sometimes we see hail the size of purie marbles.

2

Jeffrey Brown

Just about everything put out by Top Shelf and Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics is what I keep up with. And once in a while, I'll read the more mainstream comics - I like Grant Morrison's writing and some of Warren Ellis' stuff, although maybe they're more on the fringe of the mainstream.

3

Bat for Lashes

I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield.

4

Patrick Chappatte

Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.

5

Billy Childish

A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out; when you've grown it out, you want to cut it.

6

John Conyers

Some of the ideas that come from the fringe of the far right are just so implausible that it is hard to take those ideas seriously.

7

Ben Folds

I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way.

8

Sam Harris

Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.

9

Charlton Heston

And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.

10

Kevin Kelly

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRINGE»

Discover the use of fringe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fringe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Fringe: September's Notebook

The book also closely examines the Amber timeline and the alternate universe “Over There.” Packed with concept art, exclusive photos, and intriguing ephemera, September’s Notebook will satisfy every serious fan’s hunger for details ...

Tara Bennett, 2013

Fringe and fortune: the role of critics in high and popular art

Beginning with eighteenth-century London playhouses and print media, where performance art criticism flourished, Shrum examines the triangle of mediation involving critics, spectators, and performers.

Wesley Shrum, 1996

Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad ...

Now, in Fringe Science, cutting-edge scientists, science writers, and science fiction authors and historians provide a smart, savvy, and accessible look at the world(s) of Fringe. MIT physics professor Max Tegmark i.

KEVIN R. GRAZIER, 2013

Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the ...

From his journey into the bizarre, Volk discovers that the "fringe" story strikes at the core of what it means to be human.

Steve Volk, 2011

The Folk of the Fringe

Only a few nuclear weapons fell in America-the weapons that destroyed our nation were biological and, ultimately, cultural.

Orson Scott Card, 2010

Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Worlds of Fringe

This guide explores how the show uses these elements to tap into a deeper understanding of the human experience.

Sarah Clarke Stuart, 2011

Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream [3 ...

By examining the people and subjects we hold most dear, this three-volume set offers deep insights into what Americans think, feel, and cherish.

Bob Batchelor, 2011

Fringe Banking: Check-Cashing Outlets, Pawnshops, and the Poor

Fringe Banking is the first comprehensive study of pawnshops and check-cashing outlets, profiling their operations, customers, and recent growth from family-owned shops to such successful outlet chains as Cash American and ACE America's ...

John P. Caskey, 1996

The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of ...

Recounts the works of Immanuel Velikovsky and the controversies surrounding it, discussing his influence on the counterculture and debates with such luminaries as Carl Sagan.

Michael D. Gordin, 2012

Fiction on the Fringe: Novelistic Writing in the ...

This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of texts that traditionally have been excluded from the main corpus of the ancient Greek novel and confined to the margins of the genre, such as the Life of Aesop, the Life of ...

Grammatiki A. Karla, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRINGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fringe is used in the context of the following news items.

Sideshow Fringe Festival embraces arts on the edge

Established by Actors Bridge Ensemble in 2011, the Sideshow Fringe Festival showcases a wide range of art forms, including dance, music, ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'The Girl With Two Belly Buttons'

The Girl With Two Belly Buttons, written and directed by Jeryl Parade, is a heartwarming story. A woman, Izzy, suffers from a rare muscular ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'Never Never'

Alexandra Petri's Never Never is absolutely brilliant. It explores a heavy topic – pedophilia – without being overbearingly serious and dark. «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'Good Egg Fables'

Their Good Egg Fables, now playing at Capital Fringe's Brookland Artspace Lofts, begins with one farm animal, Roscoe the Rooster, (an ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'After Eleven'

Once the lights are up, After Eleven is relentless. With persistent intensity, Rebecca Roy delivers a monologue that switches from a mother ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'War and Peas'

After watching War and Peas at the Fringe Festival (presented by Pocket Change Theatre Company​) last night, I have to say that term no ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: “Augustus The Sissy'

Close your eyes during Dana Scott Galloway's performance of Augustus the Sissy you will be drawn in by his gravelly Texas drawl and the ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

DC Trash - Recycled! at Capital Fringe

DC Trash – Recycled!! is the return of Litman's 2012 Fringe hit DC Trash, “updated with new observations and new original music,” (according ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'Ambien Date Night'

John Bylander, Terrence Jones, and Joyce Bylander constructed the perfectly inventive and simple set that makes this Fringe show work. «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'SONATA: The Naked Theatre Project'

For the first three “movements” of the actor symphony Sonata: The Naked Theatre Project, written and directed by Solomon Haileselassie, these ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»