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margin
English
Etymology
From Middle English margyne, margine, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of marg? (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m??d??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m???d?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d??n
Noun
margin (plural margins)
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,
- As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.
- 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- margin of victory
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
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- That which is ancillary; periphery.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)
- (transitive) To add a margin to.
- (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
Further reading
- margin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- margin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ingram, Maring, arming, raming
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin margo
Noun
margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginer, definite plural marginene)
- a margin (most senses)
Synonyms
- marg
Derived terms
- feilmargin
References
- “margin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin margo
Noun
margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginar, definite plural marginane)
- a margin (most senses)
Synonyms
- marg
Derived terms
- feilmargin
References
- “margin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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strand
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /st?ænd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /st?ænd/, [st???nd]
- Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *strand? (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand.
Noun
strand (plural strands)
- The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
- (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
- A small brook or rivulet.
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
- A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).
Alternative forms
- strond (obsolete)
Translations
Verb
strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)
- (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
- (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
- Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
Synonyms
- (run aground): beach
- (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *stren?, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *str?y-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streen (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”).
Noun
strand (plural strands)
- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
- strand of spaghetti
- strand of hair.
- (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- (figuratively) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
- strand of truth
- 2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis ?ISBN, page 78
- She responds to both questions in writing and checks her answer on the fact question. Her suspicions confirmed about the importance of the two names, Miranda vows to pay close attention to this strand of the story as she continues to read.
- (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:string
Derived terms
- do the strand
Translations
Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of <substance>” that are different for each substance. The translations below refer to strands in general. You might find a more appropriate translation under the word for the substance itself.
Verb
strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)
- (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
- (transitive) To form by uniting strands.
Anagrams
- Arndts, drants
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strant/
Noun
strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)
- beach
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse str?nd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stran/, [sd???n?]
Noun
strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)
- beach
- shore, seashore
- seaside
Inflection
Derived terms
Verb
strand
- imperative of strande
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /str?nt/
- Hyphenation: strand
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch strant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)
- beach, strand
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: strand
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
strand
- first-person singular present indicative of stranden
- imperative of stranden
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Strand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??tr?nd]
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
strand (plural strandok)
- beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)
- pool, swimming pool (an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure)
Declension
Derived terms
- strandol
- strandos
(Compound words):
- strandcip?
- strandpapucs
- strandtáska
References
Further reading
- strand in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From stranda (“to run aground”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
strand n (genitive singular strands, nominative plural strönd)
- running aground, stranding
Declension
Middle English
Alternative forms
- strande
- stround, stronde, strond
Etymology
From Old English strand.
Noun
strand (plural strandes)
- (chiefly Northern) beach, shoreline
Descendants
- English: strand
- Scots: strand
- Yola: sthroane
References
- “str??nd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse str?nd
Noun
strand f or m (definite singular stranda or stranden, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)
- a beach or shore
Derived terms
- nakenstrand
- sandstrand
- strande
- strandlinje
Etymology 2
Verb
strand
- imperative of strande
References
- “strand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse str?nd. Akin to English strand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /str?nd/, /str?n?/
Noun
strand f (definite singular stranda, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)
- a beach or shore
Derived terms
- nakenstrand
- sandstrand
- strande
- strandlinje
References
- “strand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *strand?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /str?nd/
Noun
strand n
- beach
- shore
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: strand, strande
- English: strand
- Scots: strand
- Yola: sthroane
- ? Old French: estrande, estran
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *strand? (“edge; shore”).
Noun
strand n
- beach
Descendants
- Middle Low German: strand, strant m
- Plautdietsch: Straunt
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse str?nd, from Proto-Germanic *strand?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.
Pronunciation
Noun
strand c
- beach (not necessarily sandy)
- shore
Declension
Related terms
References
- strand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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