Meaning of "margin" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MARGIN

From Latin margō border; related to march², mark1.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF MARGIN

margin  [ˈmɑːdʒɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARGIN

Margin 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 margin in English.

WHAT DOES MARGIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Margin

Margin may refer to: ▪ Margin ▪ Margin, a type of financial collateral used to cover credit risk ▪ Margin, the white space that surrounds the content of a page ▪ Margin, the distance between a decision boundary and a data point ▪ Margin, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province ▪ Continental margin, the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust ▪ Marginal frequency distribution in statistics ▪ Leaf margin, the edge of a leaf blade ▪ USS Margin , also ID-2119, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1918 to 1919...

Definition of margin in the English dictionary

The first definition of margin in the dictionary is an edge or rim, and the area immediately adjacent to it; border. Other definition of margin is the blank space surrounding the text on a page. Margin is also a vertical line on a page, esp one on the left-hand side, delineating this space.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MARGIN

PRESENT

Present

I margin

you margin

he/she/it margins

we margin

you margin

they margin

Present continuous

I am margining

you are margining

he/she/it is margining

we are margining

you are margining

they are margining

Present perfect

I have margined

you have margined

he/she/it has margined

we have margined

you have margined

they have margined

Present perfect continuous

I have been margining

you have been margining

he/she/it has been margining

we have been margining

you have been margining

they have been margining

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 margined

you margined

he/she/it margined

we margined

you margined

they margined

Past continuous

I was margining

you were margining

he/she/it was margining

we were margining

you were margining

they were margining

Past perfect

I had margined

you had margined

he/she/it had margined

we had margined

you had margined

they had margined

Past perfect continuous

I had been margining

you had been margining

he/she/it had been margining

we had been margining

you had been margining

they had been margining

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

FUTURE

Future

I will margin

you will margin

he/she/it will margin

we will margin

you will margin

they will margin

Future continuous

I will be margining

you will be margining

he/she/it will be margining

we will be margining

you will be margining

they will be margining

Future perfect

I will have margined

you will have margined

he/she/it will have margined

we will have margined

you will have margined

they will have margined

Future perfect continuous

I will have been margining

you will have been margining

he/she/it will have been margining

we will have been margining

you will have been margining

they will have been margining

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would margin

you would margin

he/she/it would margin

we would margin

you would margin

they would margin

Conditional continuous

I would be margining

you would be margining

he/she/it would be margining

we would be margining

you would be margining

they would be margining

Conditional perfect

I would have margin

you would have margin

he/she/it would have margin

we would have margin

you would have margin

they would have margin

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been margining

you would have been margining

he/she/it would have been margining

we would have been margining

you would have been margining

they would have been margining

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you margin
we let´s margin
you margin

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to margin

Past participle

margined

Present Participle

margining

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 «MARGIN»

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

synonyms of margin

allowance · amount · border · bound · boundary · brim · brink · compass · confine · difference · edge · elbowroom · gap · latitude · leeway · limit · majority · perimeter · periphery · play · rim · room · scope · side · space · surplus · verge

TRANSLATION OF MARGIN

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 差数
• Translator English - Spanish: margen
• English: margin
• Translator English - Hindi: मार्जिन
• Translator English - Arabic: هَامِشٌ
• Translator English - Russian: перевес (фин. маржа)
• Translator English - Portuguese: margem
• Translator English - Bengali: মার্জিন
• Translator English - French: marge
• Translator English - Malay: Margin
• Translator English - German: Rand
• Translator English - Japanese: へり
• Translator English - Korean: 가장자리
• Translator English - Javanese: Wates
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự chênh lệch
• Translator English - Tamil: விளிம்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: मार्जिन
• Translator English - Turkish: kenar
• Translator English - Italian: margine
• Translator English - Polish: margines
• Translator English - Ukrainian: різниця
• Translator English - Romanian: marjă
• Translator English - Greek: περιθώριο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: marge
• Translator English - Swedish: marginal
• Translator English - Norwegian: kant

10 QUOTES WITH «MARGIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word margin.

1

Elliott Abrams

Sometimes the results of a first free election will find the moderates so poorly organized that extreme groups can eke out a victory, as Hamas did when it gained a 44-to-41 percent margin in the Palestinian election of 2006.

2

Katharine Anthony

For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.

3

Roger Bannister

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

4

Christine Baranski

Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.

5

P. T. Barnum

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

6

Richard Ben-Veniste

While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the margin of victory in the 1976 election.

7

Arnold Bennett

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

8

Jimmy Breslin

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood.

9

Lincoln Chafee

I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going to be in this age of nuclear weapons, where there is no margin for error?

10

Chris Cleave

It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARGIN»

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

Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time ...

RX: FROM THE DESK OF RICHARD A. SWENSON, M.D. Overload is not having time to finish the book you are reading on stress. Margin is having time to read it twice. Overload is fatigue. Margin is energy. Overload is red ink. Margin is black ink.

Richard A. Swenson, 2004

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

This edition includes a new preface by the author, reflecting on the book's impact and the development of her ideas since it was first published.

Bell Hooks, 2000

Places on the Margin: Alternative Geographies of Modernity

But what of those spaces that exist as much in the imagination as in physical reality? This book attempts to develop an alternative geography and sociology of space by examining `places on the margin'.

Rob Shields, 2013

Ocean Margin Systems

This book examines various aspects of regulation for the long-term development of ocean margins, of the impact of fluids and of the dynamics of benthic life at and below the seafloor in ocean margin systems.

Gerold Wefer, 2003

What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction

Collects nonfiction writings and speeches by the American author, on topics including family and history, writers and writing, and politics and society. Thirty years of the Nobel Laureate's reflections on life, writing, and other writers

Toni Morrison, Carolyn C. Denard, 2008

The Margin of Appreciation in International Human Rights ...

This book argues that a degree of deference is justified because although human rights standards are universal, in practice they inevitably look different from place to place.

Andrew Legg, 2012

From Margin to Center: The Spaces of Installation Art

This is the first book-length study of installation art. Julie Reiss concentrates on some of the central figures in its emergence, including artists, critics, and curators.

Julie H. Reiss, 2001

Margin of Safety: Risk-averse Value Investing Strategies for ...

Tells how to avoid investment fads, explains the basic concepts of value-investment philosophy, and offers advice on portfolio management

Seth A. Klarman, 1991

The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine and the Principle of ...

This book analyses the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights with particular reference to the margin of appreciation doctrine and the principle of proportionality.

Yutaka Arai, Yutaka Arai-Takahashi, 2002

A margin of hope: an intellectual autobiography

A candid, perceptive narrative of the author's East Bronx childhood, his education, and his experiences and activities as an increasingly influential writer, editor, and teacher

Irving Howe, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARGIN»

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

Overcoming the fear of margin calls - Ohio's Country Journal

As a true hedger, I don't like calling it a margin call, because that term is most often associated with speculators. A speculator making a margin ... «Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, Jul 15»

AP Poll: Americans prioritize religious liberties over gay marriage by …

By a nearly 20-point margin, Americans say that when the brand new constitutional right to gay marriage comes into conflict with the bedrock ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»

Asian Paints Q1 profit up 34%, EBITDA margin beats forecast …

Operating profit (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) rose by 23.4 percent year-on-year to Rs 686 crore and margin ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»

We have to make investments to achieve 30% profit margin: Vishal …

While the revenue growth has been very good, the profit as well as profit margin seems to be under pressure. Is it a temporary phenomenon ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»

Germany s Zalando says second quarter EBIT margin slowed on …

The operating margin eased to a 3-5 percent range from 6.4 percent a year earlier, equivalent to earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»

Buy LIC Housing Finance on strong NII beat, margin expansion …

LIC Housing Finance (LICHF) reported in-line PAT of R382 crore (up 19% y-o-y) but NII at Rs 660 crore (up 30% y-o-y) was a big beat versus ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»

Singapore cracking margin edges up from near 9-month low - Oil …

The Singapore cracking margin against Dubai crude recovered slightly Monday after hitting a near nine-month low in the previous trading ... «Platts, Jul 15»

Palmer picks up victory by same margin - Spalding Guardian

A heavy shower and high wind in the early evening may have prompted some competitors to miss round three of the Hereward League hosted ... «Spalding Guardian, Jul 15»

Fishing Republic lands whopping first half margin gain - Digital Look

Fishing tackle retailer Fishing Republic, which floated on AIM last month, said margins in the first half of the year were well ahead of last year's ... «DIGITALLOOK, Jul 15»

Whirlpool Q1 net profit at Rs 98.1 crore; Operating Margin at 13.6%

The company reported Operating Margin at 13.6% Vs 12.4% (YoY) and EBITDA at Rs.150 crore Vs Rs.130 crore (YoY). Whirlpool of India Ltd. «Indiainfoline, Jul 15»