CUSP


Meaning of CUSP in English

cusp /kʌsp/ BrE AmE noun

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: cuspis 'point' ]

1 . [countable] technical the point formed where two curves join

2 . be on the cusp of something [singular] to be at the time when a situation or state is going to change:

The country was on the cusp of economic expansion.

3 . on the cusp someone who was born on the cusp was born near the time when one ↑ star sign ends and another begins

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.