1 small and not important:
a marginal improvement in weather conditions * The story will only be of marginal interest to our readers. * The difference between the two estimates is marginal.
2 not part of a main or important group or situation:
marginal groups in society * Welsh was considered a marginal language.
3 (politics) (especially BrE) won or lost by a very small number of votes and therefore very important or interesting politically:
a marginal seat / constituency
4 [onlybeforenoun] written in the margin of a page:
marginal notes / comments
5 (of land) that cannot produce enough good crops to make a profit
noun (BrE) a seat in a parliament, on a local council, etc. that was won by a very small number of votes:
a Labour marginal
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for marginal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is marginal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, marginal is tagged as adjective.
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