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# ring

«ring» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round band, like one worn on a finger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ring, rings); verb (ring, rings, rang, rung, ringing; ring, rings, ringed, ringing — to circle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ring is a round band, like one worn on a finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#m1)

2) A ring is a circle shape: sit in a ring, the rings of a tree, Saturn's rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#m2)

3) To ring is to make a bell sound, or a bell rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#m3)

4) To ring someone (UK) is to phone them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#m4)

5) A ring is a place for boxing or a circus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#m5)

6) To ring something (past ringed) is to draw a circle around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: things counted (rings, onion rings), the rings of a bell, or a circle; a bell that rings every so many minutes; ring-toss games. In science: tree rings show the age of a tree (one ring each year); Saturn's rings are made of ice and rock. In everyday life: the doorbell rings, ring a friend. In stories: a magic ring, a ring of fairies.

### examples

- She has 6 rings on her fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x1)
- The bell rings every 45 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x2)
- A ring costs $35. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x3)
- He tossed 10 rings and 4 landed on the peg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x4)
- Count the rings to find how old the tree is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x5)
- Saturn has wide, bright rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x6)
- The children sat in a ring on the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x7)
- I'll ring you after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x8)
- Ring the right answer with your pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x9)
- The phone rang three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/#x10)

### note

Things counted or an event that repeats every so many minutes (division of time). Trap: «the bell rang 3 times» counts rings, not hours. Forms: ring, rang, rung for sounds; ringed for drawing circles. Homophone: wring (to twist water out). Tree rings: one ring for each year of growth.

### In the corpora

- [Being engaged means two people have promised to marry each other, and a ring is often given as a sign of the promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/9/)
- [Doctors have more patients than time, so getting an appointment can mean ringing early or waiting weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/1/)
- [In Manchester, Mum sits with the phone at 7.59, ready to ring the surgery the second it opens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/3/)
- [In an emergency you ring 999, not the GP.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/7/)
- [Parents may ring other parents after a sleepover; this is to keep all the children safe, not to get anyone in trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ring» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.