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Meanings of fringe in English

Portuguese
periferia
Catalan
vora
Spanish
borde

The outside boundary or surface of something.

periferia
Portuguese
franja

A border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead.

franja

A part of the city far removed from the center.

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Usage of fringe in English
1
Secondly, I'd seen Ken Campbell perform at the Edinburgh fringe one year.
The Guardian
2
The main group disavows this fringe element but actually directs its actions.
A nose for justice
3
For instance, Kendall Jenner's baby-curled fringe in the new issue of Love.
The Guardian
4
In much of the south, Labour is in effect a fringe party.
The Guardian
5
Across the fringe, the demands kept coming: What about a flat-rate tax?
The Guardian
6
A mass of light occurred beyond a fringe of trees up ahead.
The Great Book of Amber
7
The first was a fringe of mangrove forest; the other lofty mountains.
The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
8
The other source of rumours that worried Spoonley was fringe political leaders.
Radio NZ
9
We're so used to being marginal characters on the fringe of society.
The Irish Times
10
But if it's a problem at the fringe it can be solved.
What the dog saw: and other adventures
11
Sebastien Raines was active in a number of radical fringe separatist groups.
206 Bones
12
There are also fringe benefits, such as childcare help and travel allowances.
The Guardian
13
The people on the fringe of the swaying thousands begin a retreat.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
14
They had reached the fringe of the wood when the challenge came.
The Book of All-Power
15
Everyone I see is young-notmany adults in the fringe, I guess.
Allegiant
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I see the flickering of camp-fires and the palm-fringe of an oasis.
The Lighted Match
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Translations for fringe
Catalan
vora
Spanish
borde
Fringe through the time
Fringe across language varieties
Ireland
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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