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ring
Noun
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A circle.
The students sat in a ring.
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A piece of metal in a circle usually worn in the ear or on the finger or toe.
She wore a ring on each finger.
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A piece of material with the shape of a circle.
The O-rings went bad on my truck.
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A high sound, especially of a telephone.
The ring of the phone woke me up.
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The square area between four poles where people fight.
He climbed into the ring, ready to fight.
ring
Verb
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To make a high sound, as a phone.
The phone rang.
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To call someone.
He rings me every Thursday.
ring
Verb 2
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To form a circle around.
They ringed the pair.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
fisherman
Noun
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A fisherman is a person who fishes.