verge
To be or come very closeTo be or come very close; to border; to approach.
» Tom is on the verge of crying.
Том вот-вот заплачет. — marafon
Том ось-ось заплаче. — deniko
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2 senses(intransitive)To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
Eating blowfish verges on insanity.
grenzen an, streifen an
грани́чить сgraníčitʹ s
border on; come close to
To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.
Examples
124 sentencesTom is on the verge of crying.
Том ось-ось заплаче. — deniko
ruТом вот-вот заплачет. — marafon
She was on the verge of killing herself.
Вона була на межі самогубства. — deniko
ruОна была на грани самоубийства. — sharptoothed
deSie war kurz davor, sich selbst zu töten. — Esperantostern
She was on verge of fainting.
ruОна была на грани обморока. — marafon
Tom was on verge of fainting.
ruТом был на грани обморока. — marafon
I was on verge of fainting.
ruЯ был на грани обморока. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin vergō (“to bend, turn, tend toward, incline”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeaBorrowed from Latin vergō (“to bend, turn, tend toward, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *werg- (“to turn”), from a root *wer- (“to turn, bend”) (compare versus); strongly influenced by the above noun.
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Forms
verges, verging, verged, vergedWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.