edge – English noun declension

English noun forms of edge

Noun: edge
Singularedge
Pluraledges

Sample Sentences

  • I have the edge on him.
  • It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more. [2013 December, Paul Voss, “Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation”, in IEEE Spectrum:]
  • Thitinan said Yingluck's decision to skip the verdict hearing will have "emboldened" the military government. "They would not have wanted to put her in jail, in this scenario, (but her not showing up today) puts her on the back foot and gives them an edge." [2017 August 25, Euan McKirdy et al, "Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra", in edition.cnn.com, CNN]
  • Speaking with a metallic edge to her voice.
  • There was an unmistakable edge to her remarks.
  • No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword; [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 1818:]
  • And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges: [1833, Adam Clarke (editor), Revelations, II, 12, The New Testament, page 929]
  • Unlike a lot of the south of France, which, he said, “can be expensive, and a little too overdone and chi-chi for my tastes”, Marseille “has just the right amount of edge while being surrounded by incredibly stunning landscapes[…].” [2024 September 9, Ellie Violet Bramley, quoting Tom Morris, “‘Just the right amount of edge’: how Marseille became 2024’s on-trend city”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
  • The cup is right on the edge of the table.
  • He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
  • Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
  • In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults [1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
  • they never wanted the pretext, and seldom the will, to harass and pursue, even to the very edge of destruction, any of their less powerful neighbours [1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:]
  • After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
  • Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. [a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, “Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2”, in The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor, published 1841, page 69:]
  • we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away. [1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 175:]
  • in the edge of evening
  • supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them. [1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, The Prose Works of John Milton, published 1853, Volume V, page 203]
  • 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
  • Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
  • Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud. [2022, Sergio Mendez, Edge Computing Systems with Kubernetes, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:]
  • That speaks to another unknown that might work in Apple's favour: the move towards “edge AI”, or models run on local devices. [2026 March 28, John Foley, “Can Big Tech profit from AI spree?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
2. See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)). See: Middle English Nouns 'egge', Dutch Nouns 'egge', German Nouns 'Ecke', Danish Nouns 'æg', Latin Nouns 'aciēs', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἀκίς'.

Verbs referencing "edge"

German Nouns Ecke, Galician Nouns eche, Latin Nouns acies, Dutch Nouns egge.