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- Dictionaryverge/vəːdʒ/
noun
- 1. an edge or border: "they came down to the verge of the lake" Similar Opposite
- 2. an extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen: "I was on the verge of tears" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. be very close or similar to: "despair verging on the suicidal"
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VERGE definition: 1. the edge or border of something: 2. the strip of land that borders a road or path: 3. the edge…. Learn more.
The meaning of VERGE is brink, threshold. How to use verge in a sentence. brink, threshold; something that borders, limits, or bounds: such as; an outer margin of an object or structural part…
Verge definition: the edge, rim, or margin of something. See examples of VERGE used in a sentence.
VERGE meaning: 1. the edge or border of something: 2. the strip of land that borders a road or path: 3. the edge…. Learn more.
to be on or as if on the verge, edge, brink, or border: usually with on or upon streets verging on the slum area, talk that verges on the ridiculous Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
1. a. An edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border. b. Architecture The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable. c. Chiefly British A grassy border, as along a road. 2. The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink: on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
Think of an edge, a border, a boundary, and you are thinking about the verge, the point where something begins or ends.