Definitions

on the verge of

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

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar is on the verge of winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France after taking a storming victory on stage 19 to Alpe d'Huez.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

See: Semiconductor stocks are on the verge of a bear market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026

The diminishing returns of instant gratification might explain why catalogs are nearly always, according to trade publications and business journals, on the verge of a renaissance.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Hernández, on the verge of a rehab assignment, is on a faster track to return than Roberts initially expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Certainly not someone on the verge of drowning.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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