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margin
by a wide margin
By a large amount; by a lot. We won that game by a wide margin! I think the final score was 10-1.
on the margins of something
if someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of the group, but are different in important ways Homeless people are on the margins of our society. The fact that they held their exhibition in a corridor reflects their position on the margins of the London art scene.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Salome | | [sə'ləumi] | |
Lakisha | | lə-KISH-ə | African American |
Regan | | ['ri:gən] | |
Narciso | | nahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish), nahr-SEE-so (Latin American Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
Jessie (2) | | JES-ee | English |
Jayma | | JAY-mə | English (Rare) |