How to pronounce margin
American English pronunciation
MAR-jin
- IPA
- /ˈmɑɹdʒɪn/
- Syllables
- MAR · jin (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What margin means
Most people know margin in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The amount by which one side wins a contest
In a sentence: Our team won the relay by a margin of just two seconds.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin margo, meaning an edge or border. Later it also came to mean a difference, such as the gap between two scores.
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