Definitions

on the verge of

Part of Speech:

All (3) Adjective (1) Adverb (1) Preposition (1)

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likely adj.
almost adv.
about to prep.

ADJECTIVE

likely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable expected fair feasible inclined possible prone reasonable

WEAK

achievable anticipated assuring attainable believeable conceivable conjecturable credible destined disposed favorite given to imaginable in favor of in the cards in the habit of inferable liable odds-on ostensible plausible practicable predisposed presumable promising rational seeming subject to supposable tending thinkable true up-and-coming verisimilar workable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impossible unlikely unreasonable

WEAK

implausible inapt unforeseeable

ADVERB

almost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually

STRONG

nigh well-nigh

WEAK

about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes for the greatest part in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about near to not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of pretty near substantially within sight of

PREPOSITION

about to

Synonyms

WEAK

almost at the point of fixing to intending ready set willing to

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on the verge of

The yield on the 30-year bond rose 0.020 percentage point to 5.660%, on the verge of its highest level since 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Most often, when she seems on the verge of acceptance, happiness is snatched back from her — a nasty game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A person may even warn us by crying for help or, as Cathy does, advising those on the verge of falling into her trap to turn back.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The former Hoffenheim defender even felt he was on the verge of a senior call up to the German national team at one stage, only to suffer a serious knee injury.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I was on the verge of confessing the whole thing—that I’d never gone to school, that I hadn’t really met the requirements to graduate—when she added, “This class is for seniors.”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

on the verge of

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