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large margin

large margin

7 2.7
A big difference between two amounts or scores
  • noun
translation icon : gran margen
  • She received a promotion due to her performance, which exceeded targets by a large margin.

We had a a very, you know, nightmare of a sheriff that got voted out of office by a large margin.

Examples

  • We got spoiled after these 11 wins in a row, particularly winning by large margins.

    Blog text (16)

  • Regular-season wise, it was the largest margin of victory since Nov. 17, 1963, when NY won, 48-14.

    Blog text (26)

  • On November 2, voters rejected Proposition K by a large margin.

    Academic text (2006)

  • After Week 1, White has outproduced Jones by a large margin, especially in Weeks 2 and 4.

    Blog text (15)

  • Romney has been judged the winner by a large margin by virtually everyone.

    Blog text (5)

  • As in 2008, Obama won the women's vote by a large margin, taking 55 percent of female votes.

    Blog text (12)

  • Senator Boxer was reelected in 2004 by the largest margin in history.

    Blog text (1)

  • Hillary would also have to carry Florida by a large margin to offset Obama's lead in delegates.

    Blog text (16)

  • The election results showed the candidate won by a large margin, securing over 60% of the votes.

  • Our team beat the opponents decisively, finishing the game with a large margin of 30 points.

Synonyms

a long way
vslarge margin
255 3.6

To make a big difference

refers to a measurable difference between two numeric values
quite a bit
vslarge margin
  • Informal
235 2.8

A fairly large amount

focuses on a clear difference between two values rather than general amount
by a long way
vslarge margin
  • UK
1 3.0

By a much larger amount than others

is a notable numerical gap between two amounts or results

Antonyms

narrow margin
6 3.6

A very small difference between two amounts or scores

How Large

large margin
7 2.7

Surface Forms

large margin singular
large margins plural

Morphology

large + margin

The meaning is directly compositional: 'large' (big/significant) straightforwardly modifies 'margin' (a difference or lead), yielding 'a big/substantial difference'. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Large margin comes from the word margin, which means the empty space or edge beside something. Imagine one team's score far ahead of the other with a big gap between them, and you can see why large margin means 'a big difference' or 'to win by a lot'.