Question 1 · Quick check
edge
CEFRB1
/ɛd͡ʒ/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The outer line or border of something.
- 02
noun
A slight advantage over someone or something else.
Examples
I gripped the edge of my desk to steady myself.
I hit my funny bone on the edge of the table.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ed͡ʒ/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
An advantage.
The boundary line of a surface.
More examples
In contextI've been on edge recently.
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:
I have the edge on him.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).