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margin

noun

1 the margin of the lake:

edge, side, bank, verge, border, perimeter, brink, brim, rim, fringe, boundary, limits, periphery, bound, extremity;

literary marge, bourn, skirt.

2 there was no margin for error:

leeway, latitude, scope, room, room for manoeuvre, room to spare, space, allowance, extra, surplus.

3 they won by a narrow margin:

gap, majority, amount, difference, measure/degree of difference.

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