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AWL Sublist 5 · Academic Word
marginal
/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəl/ Syllables: ˈmar·gin·al
English Illustration
Arabic Translation & Context
Synonyms & Antonyms
Relating to or at the edge; small in amount or importance; not central.
Synonyms
slight
borderline
peripheral
Antonyms
central
substantial
Translations
marginal in Arabic
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Arabic Meaning
هامشي، ثانوي
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Easy Explanation (Arabic)
شيء موجود على الطرف أو ليس مهماً جداً، أو كميته قليلة.
Easy Explanation
Plain English Breakdown
Marginal means at the edge or very small in effect. A marginal improvement in scores may not be statistically significant in a large controlled trial.
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Memory TipMargin plus -al — at the border, not the centre.
Contextual Examples
How to use in a sentence
The treatment produced only a marginal increase in test scores that failed to reach conventional significance.
Marginal communities often appear underrepresented in national surveys used for policy planning documents.
Economists calculated the marginal cost of enrolling one additional student in the online programme.
Word Families & Pronunciation
marginal
| PART OF SPEECH | FORM |
|---|---|
| adverb | marginally |
| noun | margin |
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