noun
- the edge or margin of a steep place or dangerous situation
- the point at which something is about to happen or change
Examples
- The hiker stood carefully at the brink of the cliff.
- The company was on the brink of bankruptcy.
- She was on the brink of tears after hearing the news.
- The two countries were on the brink of war.
- He stepped back from the brink of the canyon.
- The discovery brought them to the brink of a major breakthrough.
- The patient was on the brink of recovery.