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verb/rɪŋ/
/rɪŋ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ring | /rɪŋ/ /rɪŋ/ |
| he / she / it rings | /rɪŋz/ /rɪŋz/ |
| past simple ringed | /rɪŋd/ /rɪŋd/ |
| past participle ringed | /rɪŋd/ /rɪŋd/ |
| -ing form ringing | /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] ring somebody/something (with something) to surround somebody/something
- Thousands of demonstrators ringed the building.
- The basin was ringed with specks of dirt and hair.
- The village is ringed with beautiful forests.
- ring something to put a metal ring around a bird’s leg so that it can be easily identified in the future
- ring something (especially British English) to draw a circle around something synonym circle
- Ring the correct answer in pencil.
surround
bird’s leg
draw circle
Word OriginOld English hring, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ring, German Ring, also to the noun rank.
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