edge

/ɛdʒ/

意味: 端

例文: Kai lives on the edge—of his snack drawer.
　　  カイはスナック引き出しの端で生きている。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: cutting edge(最先端), competitive edge(競争優位), edge of a cliff(崖の縁)

定義: 物の端や境界を指します。例えば、テーブルの端や紙の縁などです。また、優位性や鋭さを表すこともあります。

edgeは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the boundary of a surface
Noun: a line determining the limits of an area
Noun: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
Noun: the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
Noun: a slight competitive advantage
Noun: the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
Verb: advance slowly, as if by inches
Verb: provide with a border or edge
Verb: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Verb: provide with an edge

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The knife has a sharp edge.(そのナイフは刃が鋭い。)
She stood at the edge of the cliff.(彼女は崖の端に立っていた。)
They pushed the project to the cutting edge.(彼らはプロジェクトを最先端に押し上げた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he rounded the edges of the box
Noun: his voice had an edge to it
Noun: he had an edge on the competition
Noun: the edge of the leaf is wavy
Noun: she sat on the edge of the bed
Noun: the water’s edge
Verb: He edged towards the car
Verb: edge the tablecloth with embroidery
Verb: Canada adjoins the U.S.
Verb: England marches with Scotland
Verb: edge a blade

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abut, adjoin, border, bound, boundary, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, inch, march, sharpness

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): advance, boundary, limit, line, sharpen, side, superiority, supply, touch, urgency

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): air-cool, alphabetize, arm, attach, beam, bed, berth, bewhisker, border, bottom, boundary, boundary line, bourn, brattice, broadside, bush, calk, canal, capitalize, caption, causeway, centerline, charge, city limit, city line, cleat, cling, close in, coal, computerize, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, corbel, cornice, costume, county line, cover, creep up, crenel, curtain, curve, dado, date, district line, edge, elapse, encroach, end, equip, extend, feed, flood, forge, fret, front, frontier, fuel, fund, furnish, gate, geodesic, glass, grate, hairline, hat, headline, headquarter, heat, heliopause, hobnail, hone, hug, hydrate, imperativeness, index, innervate, inside track, interleave, joint, kern, key, larboard, lean on, leverage, limit, lower limit, machicolate, match, nearside, obverse, offer, outline, partner, pass, patch, penetrate, perimeter, pour, press on, provision, pump, rafter, rail, railroad, ramp, ratchet, rear, reflectorize, retrofit, reverse, rim, rub, sanitate, seat, shelter, shoreline, sidewall, signalize, slat, soffit, starboard, step, stint, stock, straight line, strap, string, strop, subtitle, surface, surfeit, surround, tap, terrace, theme, three-mile limit, ticket, toggle, tool, top, transistorize, tube, uniform, upholster, upper hand, upper limit, upper surface, victual, water, wharf, whet, wive, yield

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bevel, bezel, border, brim, brink, curb, deckle edge, featheredge, groin, hem, knife edge, leading edge, limb, lower bound, luff, margin, milling, molding, neighbor, periphery, razor edge, rim, selvage, shoulder, thalweg, trailing edge, upper bound, wayside

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: abutment, abutter, border, bound, butt, edge, edger, edging, edgy, inch, march

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: