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Definitions

on the edge

ADJECTIVE
marginal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
insignificant minimal minor negligible
WEAK
bordering low peripheral rimming small verging
Antonyms
STRONGEST
important major significant
WEAK
central core interior internal
ADVERB
on the brink
Synonyms
WEAK
at the limit at the threshold on the borderline on the point on the verge

Example Sentences

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Locals say the statue was on a crucifix outside a family home on the edge of Debel, one of the few villages where residents have remained during Israel's war with Hezbollah.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

What's being decided here is not just the fate of a few streets on the edge of an estuary.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

I felt I was on the edge of all that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“We were standing in the jet stream, on the edge of space,” Whittaker wrote in his 1999 memoir, “A Life on the Edge.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I knew this was self-centered: when Betsie and I stood in the center, someone else had to stand on the edge.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom