brink
pronunciation
How to pronounce brink in British English:
UK [brɪŋk]
How to pronounce brink in American English:
US [brɪŋk]
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- Noun:
- a region marking a boundary
- the edge of a steep place
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
Word Origin
- brink (n.)
- early 13c., from Middle Low German brink "edge," or Danish brink "steepness, shore, bank, grassy edge," from Proto-Germanic *brenkon, probably from PIE *bhreng-, variant of root *bhren- "project, edge" (cognates: Lithuanian brinkti "to swell").
Example
- 1. The auto industry was on the brink of collapse .
- 2. When I left university I felt on that brink .
- 3. The aftershocks of that post-bubble carnage have now brought europe to the brink .
- 4. India was on the brink of mass famine .
- 5. This program helped bring back the financial system from the brink .