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- [frinj]
- /frɪndʒ/
- /frɪndʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [frinj]
- /frɪndʒ/
Definitions of fringe word
- noun fringe a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip. 1
- noun fringe anything resembling or suggesting this: a fringe of grass around a swimming pool. 1
- noun fringe an outer edge; margin; periphery: on the fringe of the art world. 1
- noun fringe something regarded as peripheral, marginal, secondary, or extreme in relation to something else: the lunatic fringe of a strong political party. 1
- noun fringe Optics. one of the alternate light and dark bands produced by diffraction or interference. 1
- noun fringe fringe benefit. 1
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Origin of fringe
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English frenge < Old French (French frange) < Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathetic variant of Late Latin fimbria, Latin fimbriae fringe
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Parts of speech for Fringe
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fringe popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fringe usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fringe
noun fringe
- perimeter — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- periphery — the external boundary of any surface or area.
- verge — the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
adjective fringe
- peripheral — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- far-flung — extending over a great distance.
- frontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
verb fringe
- hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- rimming — the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- line up — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
Antonyms for fringe
noun fringe
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
adjective fringe
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- mainstream — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
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