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- [roo-in]
- /ˈru ɪn/
- /ˈruː.ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roo-in]
- /ˈru ɪn/
Definitions of ruins word
- noun ruins ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece. 1
- noun ruins a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc. 1
- noun ruins a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin. 1
- noun ruins the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything. 1
- noun ruins the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like. 1
- noun ruins something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin. 1
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Origin of ruins
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (noun) Middle English ruine < Middle French < Latin ruīna headlong rush, fall, collapse, equivalent to ru(ere) to fall + -īna -ine2; (v.) (< Middle French ruiner) < Medieval Latin ruīnāre, derivative of Latin ruīna
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Parts of speech for Ruins
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ruins popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ruins usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ruins
noun ruins
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- artifact — any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon, vessel, etc.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- carry over — If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation.
- carry-over — that which is carried over, postponed, or extended to a later time, account, etc.
verb ruins
- abuses — Plural form of abuse.
- assaults — Plural form of assault.
- baffles — Plural form of baffle.
- balks — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
Antonyms for ruins
noun ruins
- construction — Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.
- artefacts — Plural form of artefact.
- artifacts — Plural form of artifact.
- construal — an act of construing
- constructions — Plural form of construction.
verb ruins
- bears — Plural form of bear.
- changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- cleans — Plural form of clean.
- clefs — Plural form of clef.
- cobbles — coal in small rounded lumps
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