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# margin

«margin» in Mova's school dictionary: **the empty space at the edge of a page, often with a line…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a margin, margins)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A margin is the empty space at the edge of a page, often with a line, where you do not write. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#m1)

2) The amount by which one thing is more than another, like in a race or vote: «won by a narrow margin». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#m2)

3) An extra amount allowed for safety or mistakes: «a margin of error». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#m3)

4) (business) Profit: the difference between what something costs and what it sells for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#m4)

5) A margin can also be the edge of something, such as the edge of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school (write inside the margin; teachers write comments in the margin), sport (winning margin), maths (margin of error), money (profit margin). Phrases: «in the margin», «by a wide margin», «margin for error».

### examples

- Write the date in the margin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x1)
- The teacher wrote «Well done!» in the margin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x2)
- Our team won by a margin of three goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x3)
- Leave a margin of safety when you cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x4)
- The scientist gave a margin of error of two centimetres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x5)
- The shop's profit margin on sweets is small. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x6)
- She continued her walk along by the margin of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/#x7)

### note

Countable. Adjective: marginal (small, at the edge). Maths: the winning margin = winner's score − loser's score; 45 − 38 = a margin of 7.

### In the corpora

- [Priya's mum noticed something odd: Priya was drawing monsters in every margin of her homework.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «margin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/margin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.