Meaning

2 senses
  1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.

    the brink of a river

    Rand

    крайkraj, граньgranʹ

    the edge of a steep place

  2. (figuratively)The edge or border.

    the brink of success

Examples

55 sentences
  1. The world is on the brink of destruction.

    ruМир находится на грани уничтожения.

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  2. When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

    ruКогда мы были на краю гибели от голода, они спасли наши жизни.

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  3. Venezuela is on the brink of famine.

    Венесуела на межі голоду.

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  4. Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.

    Через тотальну русифікацію в Білорусі білоруська мова перебуває на межі вимирання.

    ruИз-за тотальной русификации в Беларуси белорусский язык находится на грани исчезновения.

    deWegen der allumfassenden Russifizierung in Weißrussland ist die weißrussische Sprache am Rande des Aussterbens.

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  5. Let us hope the world will never be on the brink of a nuclear war.

    Маймо надію, що світ ніколи не буде на межі атомної війни.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
edge:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
edge:

Origin

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *b

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

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Forms

plural: brinks
Singularbrink
Pluralbrinks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a region marking a boundary:thresholdverge
  • the limit beyond which something happens or changes:verge

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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