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FRINJ/frɪndʒ/

A fringe is an outer edge, hair over the forehead, or an unofficial/extreme margin: on the fringe of the city; a fringe festival; fringe candidates. Edge is everyday for places. Fringe benefits are extras in a job. Fringe candidates pushed climate. Do not call the main party a fringe.

Meaning

The outer edge; also hair over the forehead; also unofficial or extreme (the fringe).

Examples

• “Fringe candidates still pushed climate onto the hustings, reporters said.”
• “On the urban fringe, buses thin out, which is the geography sense.”

Good to know

on the fringe of; the lunatic fringe (loaded); a fringe festival / benefit. Hair: a fringe (UK; US bangs). Politics, geography, HR. Margin, not the centre.

Near in meaning

edge

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