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verb
To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To find a marginal distribution of a joint probability distribution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: marginalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interact
History
Etymology tree English marginal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English marginalize From marginal + -ize.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
