Definitions for brink
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. brink, threshold, vergenoun

   a region marking a boundary

2. brinknoun

   the edge of a steep place

3. verge, brinknoun

   the limit beyond which something happens or changes

   "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brinknoun

   The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also used figuratively.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRINKnoun

   The edge of any place, as of a precipice or a river.

   Etymology: brink, Danish.

   Th’amazed flames stand gather’d in a heap,
   And from the precipice’s brink retire,
   Afraid to venture on so large a leap. John Dryden, Ann. Mirab.

   We stand therefore on the brinks and confines of those states at the day of doom. Francis Atterbury.

   So have I seen, from Severn’s brink,
   A flock of geese jump down together;
   Swim where the bird of Jove wou’d sink,
   And, swimming, never wet a feather. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brink

   Brink (stylized as BRINK) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Splash Damage and published by Bethesda Softworks for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2011.In Brink, two factions, Resistance and Security, battle in a once-utopian city called The Ark, a floating city above the waters of a flooded Earth.Brink has Steamworks integration, including Valve Anti-Cheat. It runs on id Tech 4 and has an updated rendering framework with improved support for multiple CPU cores. Brink is a first-person shooter with a strong focus on parkour-style movement. Online multiplayer servers hold up to 16 players; players can play cooperatively or competitively, or against artificially-intelligent bots. The game received mixed or average reviews but was commercially successful. As of 2012, Brink had sold over 2.5 million copies and generated around $120–140 million in revenue. The PC version of Brink became free-to-play on 22 August 2017.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Brinknoun

   the edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brink

   bringk, n. the edge or border of a steep place or of a river: (fig.) the very verge of time, at the very point of something—e.g. To be on the brink of death. [Dan. brink, declivity; Ice. bringa, a hillock.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRINK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brink is ranked #2989 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Brink surname appeared 11,982 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Brink.
   
   93.6% or 11,221 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 282 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 185 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.3% or 167 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 87 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 40 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Boundary
   • Edge
   • Limit

How to pronounce brink?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brink in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of brink in a Sentence

1. Richard Giragosian:

   It seems unlikely that anyone except the parties to the conflict themselves can climb down and step back from the brink, but a return to normalcy and a real de-escalation seems unlikely.

2. Pope Francis:

   We are on the brink. We are on the brink of a suicide, to use a strong word, and I am sure that most of those at the COP have this conscience, and want to do something.

3. Nobel Committee:

   The quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 when the democratization process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest, it established an alternative, peaceful political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war. It was thus instrumental in enabling Tunisia, in the space of a few years, to establish a constitutional system of government guaranteeing fundamental rights for the entire population, irrespective of gender, political conviction or religious belief.

4. Mr Hawking:

   We are close to the tipping point, where global warming becomes irreversible, trump’s action could push the earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of 250C, and raining sulfuric acid.

5. Alexis Tsipras:

   We found opposing us an axis of powers ... led by the governments of Spain and Portugal which for obvious political reasons attempted to lead the entire negotiations to the brink.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brink
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brink
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=brink
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brink
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=brink
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html