In a sentence
Six example sentences with margin, each labelled with its topic.
The library copy was priceless: three centuries of readers had argued with the author in the margin of every page.
Literature
Medieval scribes filled the margin with rabbits and dragons, painting right up to where the parchment was trimmed.
Art
Hedgerows along the field's margin shelter more insect species than the entire crop growing out in the middle.
Environment
The engineer designed the beams with a margin of forty percent, extra strength beyond anything the floor would ever carry.
Architecture
Leave a margin of two hours between connecting flights, because the first one will be late exactly when it matters.
Travel
The founders kept a margin of two months' runway beyond the launch date, in case the app store review dragged on.
Startups
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Found in these word lists
Found in 10 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains margin. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.