ring
Definitions
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
- A solid object in the shape of a circle.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A solid object in the shape of a circle. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc
- An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- A pleasant or correct sound.
- A parish of County Waterford, Ireland.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc
- A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
- A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc
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A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration. UK, physical
- A telephone call.
- A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration
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A burner on a kitchen stove. UK, physical
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- A burner on a kitchen stove
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- A group of objects arranged in a circle.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- Ellipsis of webring.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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Afrikaansring
བོད་སྐད།སོར་གདུབ
Bosanskibandabičgodhalkakarikaklȉkakolutkružokobručpeteprstenredringsonarzvonбандагодзвонкли̏каколуткругобручпрстенхалка
Češtinabrnknoutkroužekobručokruhprstenprstenecringtelefonovatvolatzápasištězatelefonovatzavolatzvonění
Cymraegmodrwy
Esperantoringo
Euskaraeraztun
Suomikaarrellakaikuakailottaakaulatakehäkilistäkuulostaapärähdyspiristäpuhelinsoittorengasrengastaarimputusrinkirinkulasoidasoinnahdussointisoittaasoittosormustoistellatynnyrivakuutellaympäröidäympyrä
Gaeilgefáinne
ગુજરાતીવીંટી
Hrvatskibandabičgodhalkakarikaklȉkakolutkružokobručpeteprstenredringsonarzvonбандагодзвонкли̏каколуткругобручпрстенхалка
ಕನ್ನಡಉಂಗುರ
Кыргызчажүзүк
Lingálampete
ລາວແຫວນ
Монголбөгж
Bahasa Melayucincin
Maltiċurkett
नेपालीऔंठी
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Русскийбандагруппировказвенетьзвонзвонитьзвонокзвучатькликаколечкокольцокружитьокольцева́тьокольцо́выватьокружатьокружитьпе́рстеньпозвонитьшайка
සිංහලමඩුල්ල
Slovenščinaprstan
Српскиbandabičgodhalkakarikaklȉkakolutkružokobručpeteprstenredringsonarzvonбандагодзвонкли̏каколуткругобручпрстенхалка
தமிழ்மோதிரம்
తెలుగుఉంగరం
Türkmençeýüzük
Tagalogsingsing
Examples
“His brother gifted him a ring⟳ for the engagement.”
“The dearest ring⟳ in Venice will I give⟳ you.”
“onion rings; calamari rings”
“Lick my ring⟳”
“a ring⟳ of mushrooms growing in the wood”
“And hears the Muſes in a ring⟳, / Ay round about Joves Altar ſing.”
“The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like⟳ a zareba, was an irregular ring⟳ of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.”
“a ring⟳ of grime around the bathtub”
“Individuals looking to add⟳ their own⟳ homepage to a particular ring⟳ are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains a ring⟳ homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites.”
“Place⟳ me, O, place⟳ me in the dusty ring⟳, / Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.”
““If fighting is sure to result⟳ in victory, then you must fight⟳!” Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say⟳ he knows a little more about fighting than you do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring⟳ of honor.”
“a crime ring⟳; a prostitution ring⟳; a bidding ring⟳ (at an auction sale)”
“the ruling ring⟳ at Constantinople”
“It's a blackmail ring⟳, and the district attorneys get⟳ a share⟳ of the loot.”
“In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle⟳ for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.”
“a benzene ring⟳”
“The ring⟳ is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties”
“Kernel Mode processes run⟳ in ring⟳ 0, and User Mode processes run⟳ in ring⟳ 3.”
“The church bell's ring⟳ could be heard the length of the valley.”
“The ring⟳ of hammer⟳ on anvil filled the air.”
“The name⟳ has a nice ring⟳ to it.”
“Her statements in court had a ring⟳ of falsehood.”
“I’ll give⟳ you a ring⟳ when the plane lands.”
“the ring⟳ of acclamations fresh in his ears”
“St Mary's has a ring⟳ of eight bells.”
“as great and tunable a ring⟳ of bells as any in the world”
“The set⟳ of integers, #92;mathbb#123;Z#125;, is the prototypical ring⟳.”
“The definition of ring⟳ without unity allows, for instance, the set⟳ 2#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; of even integers to be a ring⟳.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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