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Word: marginal (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • at the lower extent of a standard
  • geographically adjacent
  • British|Australia of an electoral district (such as a parliamentary constituency) where the winning margin was a small proportion of the total number of votes, so that only a small change in voting behaviour is necessary to alter the outcome of an election.
  • of land that is barely productive
  • of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge
  • written in the margin of a book

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Noun:

  • Especially a constituency with a small winning margin.
  • Something that is marginal.

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