fringe
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4.0
- noun
- /frɪndʒ/
:
periferia
- The village lies at the fringe of the forest, where the trees meet the fields.
- urban fringe
- rural fringe
- suburban fringe
It is now moving from the fringes right to the mainstream.
- It is now moving from the fringes right to the mainstream.
- He's a product of this strange island on the fringe of Europe which didn't really have a language.
- So bullies learn to either change their behavior or to live on the fringe of the group if they don't change their behavior.
- And this isn't a kind of a fringe or cranky wooey position that I'm I'm taking here.
- In the Russian Civil War, it was the the center of the empire, the industrial core versus the fringes.
- You it's it's it A lot of stuff starts in Edinburgh, a lot of stuff starts in the provinces that put on a show at one of the regional theatres or in a fringe theatre.
- I hope most people there are sane and then you'll have the fringes.
Examples
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One must also consider the Temne, who now occupy the western fringe of this area.
Academic text (1990) -
By nightfall, he had worked his way to the fringe of the mountains.
Fiction book (1995) -
This place is on the fringe.
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Suddenly, you come to a clearing with a fringe of trees around it.
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This was all far out on the fringes of American culture.
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The majority live on the forest fringes and what we term rural areas.
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The Blade spotted him on the fringes of a large group in a corner.
Fiction book (1994) -
He's a product of this strange island on the fringe of Europe which didn't really have a language.
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No longer isolated at urban fringes, mines are increasingly located in rural areas.
Academic text (2008) -
The existence of blue-collar districts on the suburban fringe early in the twentieth century might seem odd.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Outer part of an object that forms a border, often sharp
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3.1
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
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1.1
An edge around something like a picture or rug used to make it look nicer
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3.5
An area at the edge of a town or city far from the centre
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2.7
A line that shows the outer shape of something
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6.5
The outer edge of an area, group, or idea
The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.5
An extra thing an employer gives you besides pay, like health insurance or a car
- Offensive
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8.8
People with very extreme political or social views who are outside the main group
- US
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that has many white flowers
A small religious group with unusual beliefs and practices outside larger churches
- US
A plant that lives many years in low leaf clumps with pale pink or cream fringed flowers in clusters
- Specialized
A small desert lizard with long pointed scales on its toes that help it run on sand
- Specialized
Bands of light and dark that appear when light waves meet and mix
How Peripheral
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fringe comes from an old French word frange meaning 'border' or 'edge'. So the fringe of a city means the 'edge' or outer border of the area.