Synonyms for verge
vɜrdʒverge

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1. verge

   The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only. Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds, not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.

   Synonyms:
   barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, bourne, confines, edge, enclosure, frontier, landmark, limit, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination

   Antonyms:
   center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territory

   Preposition:
   The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.

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1. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   border, brim, edge, rim, limit, margin, brink, eve

   Antonyms:
   heart, depth, center, midst

2. vergeverb

   Synonyms:
   tend, bend, slope, incline, approach, approximate, trend, bear

   Antonyms:
   decline, deviate, revert, depart, recede, return, back, retrocede

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1. brink, threshold, vergenoun

   a region marking a boundary

   Synonyms:
   doorsill, brink, doorstep, scepter, doorway, wand, limen, sceptre, threshold, room access, door

2. verge, brinknoun

   the limit beyond which something happens or changes

   "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

   Synonyms:
   wand, threshold, sceptre, scepter, brink

3. scepter, sceptre, verge, wandnoun

   a ceremonial or emblematic staff

   Synonyms:
   brink, threshold, sceptre, scepter, baton, wand

4. vergeverb

   a grass border along a road

   Synonyms:
   wand, threshold, sceptre, scepter, brink

5. vergeverb

   border on; come close to

   "His behavior verges on the criminal"

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1. • Border
   • Staff

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1. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   rod, staff, mace

2. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   edge, brink, border, margin, rim, brim, confine, limit, skirt, point

3. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   arbor (of a watch-balance), spindle

4. vergeverb

   Synonyms:
   tend, incline, slope, lean

5. vergeverb

   Synonyms:
   border, approach, be near

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1. List of paraphrases for "verge":

   brink, edge, houghton, rand, point, woolly-heads, threshold, eve, item, riddell, dawn, yard

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1. John Mara:

   Obviously, I wasn’t thrilled with that particular press conference, but I can’t say there was one specific act that was the last straw. It was just a culmination of things, we just got to a point where I thought we had dug ourselves a hole so deep that I didn’t see a clear path to getting out of it unless we completely blew it up and started all over again with a new general manager and a new head coach. I still think that there is a really good head coach inside of Joe Judge. I just felt like given where we are right now on the verge of bringing in a new general manager, we have to give that person the flexibility to bring in the head coach that he wants. I think that was a large part of the decision here in making a change. I just felt like we really needed to just start from the ground up again.

2. John Kasich:

   We are on the verge of picking, perhaps, someone who cannot do this job.

3. Steve Chiavarone:

   Take a deep breath. There is not enough evidence to suggest we are on the immediate verge of recession.

4. Adam Gorney:

   It’s just one of those programs that everybody feels is right on the verge of making something really big happen, and a lot of kids are attracted to that, alabama’s going to get theirs. Georgia’s going to get theirs. But now Texas AM is sort of right in that upper echelon of being able to recruit at that level.

5. John Foster Dulles:

   The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.