adj
Meaning 1
Loud and clear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ringing
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɪŋɪŋ/
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Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈɹɪŋɡɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
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rhymes with -ɪŋɪŋ
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adj
Meaning 2
Made forcefully; powerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
The sound of something that rings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The quality of being resonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of ring
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 8
having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
noun
Meaning 9
the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: betrothal, troth, engagement
noun
Meaning 10
the sound of a bell ringing--E. A. Poe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the distinctive ring of the church bell
- the ringing of the telephone
- the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ring, tintinnabulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
Narrower terms: bell ringing
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: звучен (zvučen) — loud or clear
- Bulgarian: звънлив (zvǎnliv) — loud or clear
- German: kraftvoll — loud or clear
- German: klar — loud or clear
- Spanish: rotundo — made forcefully; powerful
- Belarusian: звон (zvon) — sound
- Bulgarian: звън (zvǎn) — sound
- Finnish: pirinä — sound
- Italian: riecheggiamento — sound
- Italian: risuonamento — sound
- Italian: riecheggiare — sound
- Bulgarian: звънливост (zvǎnlivost) — quality of being resonant
- Finnish: resonointi — quality of being resonant
- Italian: risonanza — quality of being resonant
- Romanian: sunător — quality of being resonant
- Finnish: rengastus — technique used in the study of birds
- Italian: anellamento — technique used in the study of birds
- Swedish: ringmärkning — technique used in the study of birds
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