word-vault/dist/data/cards/ma/margin.json

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{
    "term": "margin",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the empty space at the side of a written or printed page",
            "sensetop": "in the margin",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **left-hand/right-hand margin**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **narrow/wide margin**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "notes scribbled in the margin",
                    "contextForm": "in the margin"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["generous", "wide", "narrow"],
                "verb + margin": ["adjust", "leave", "set"],
                "preposition": ["at the margin", "in the margin"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the amount of time, or number of votes, etc. by which somebody wins something",
            "sensetop": "by a margin of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He won by a **narrow margin**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds.",
                    "contextForm": "by a margin of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Members voted by a margin of 7–1 to become a public limited company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had an 18-second margin over his nearest rival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She won by the narrowest of margins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amendment passed by an overwhelming margin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The election is likely to be decided by razor-thin margins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The winning margin was only 8 seconds."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["winning", "comfortable", "considerable"],
                "verb + margin": ["have"],
                "preposition": ["by a margin", "margin over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "by the largest, narrowest, etc. of margins",
                    "a margin of victory"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the difference between the cost of buying or producing something and the price that it is sold for",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What are your average operating margins?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gross margin of 45 per cent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does the company get by with such razor-thin margins?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company relies on fat margins from luxury models."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are operating at very low margins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They hope to improve their margins on computers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fat", "high", "large"],
                "verb + margin": ["achieve", "have", "operate at"],
                "margin + verb": ["increase", "widen", "narrow"],
                "preposition": ["at a margin", "margin on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an extra amount of something such as time, space, money, etc. that you include in order to make sure that something is successful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a safety margin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The narrow gateway left me little **margin for error** as I reversed the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The schedule left no margin for error."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have substantial reserves, which provide a good margin for uncertainties."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "greater", "wide"],
                "verb + margin": [
                    "allow (somebody/​something)",
                    "give (somebody/​something)",
                    "leave"
                ],
                "preposition": ["margin for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a margin for error",
                    "a margin of error",
                    "a margin of safety"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the extreme edge or limit of a place",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the part that is not included in the main part of a group or situation",
            "sensetop": "on the margins of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "people living on the margins of society",
                    "contextForm": "on the margins of something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "fringe"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "an amount that is added to a basic wage, paid for special skill or responsibility",
            "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːdʒɪn/",
                "audio": "ma/margin/margin__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːrdʒɪn/",
                "audio": "ma/margin/margin__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin margo, margin- ‘edge’."
}