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brink

[ bringk ]

noun

  1. the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
  2. any extreme edge; verge.
  3. a crucial or critical point, especially of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs:

    We were on the brink of war.



brink

/ ²ú°ùɪŋ°ì /

noun

  1. the edge, border, or verge of a steep place

    the brink of the precipice

  2. the highest point; top

    the sun fell below the brink of the hill

  3. the land at the edge of a body of water
  4. the verge of an event or state

    the brink of disaster

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brink1

1250–1300; Middle English brink < Old Norse ( Danish ) brink, cognate with MLG brink edge, hillside, Old Norse brekka slope, hill
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brink1

C13: from Middle Dutch brinc , of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse brekka slope, Middle Low German brink edge of a field
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At the beginning of 1933, the National Socialist German Workers Party, better known as the Nazis, found themselves on the brink of financial ruin.

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"The university has been brought to the brink by years of mismanagement, incompetence and poor decisions from a senior management team that has failed to listen or to engage with those around them."

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The UN has been warning that South Sudan is on the brink of a return to civil war following an escalation of conflict between Machar and the president that has been building for weeks.

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This was the voice in the wilderness the world was at the brink of losing.

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On 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives.

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