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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ring, ringing, tintinnabulationnoun

    the sound of a bell ringing

    "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"--E. A. Poe

  2. ringingnoun

    the giving of a ring as a token of engagement

  3. plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancynoun

    having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant

Wiktionary

  1. ringingnoun

    The sound of ringing.

  2. ringingnoun

    The quality of being resonant.

  3. ringingnoun

    A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.

  4. ringingadjective

    Loud and clear.

  5. ringingadjective

    Made forcefully; powerful.

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  1. ringing

    Ringing refers to various phenomena or actions. It can mean the act of causing a bell or other device to emit a sound, often as a means of drawing attention. It also references the sound that is produced by this action. Additionally, in electronics, it refers to an unwanted oscillation of a voltage or current. In the context of sound frequencies, it refers to a prolonged resonance. Moreover, it can suggest a circular or enclosing movement. The specific definition depends on the context it's used in.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ringing

    of Ring

  2. Ringing

    of Ring

  3. Ringing

    a & n. from Ring, v

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'ringing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3071

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ringing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ringing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ringing in a Sentence

  1. Susan Pfannmuller/AP Crump:

    Nobody can tell us if the roles were reversed, and you had a Black man shoot a White 16-year-old teenager for merely ringing his doorbell that he would not be arrested, i mean, this citizen went home and slept in his bed at night after shooting that young Black kid in the head.

  2. Omar Ayub Khan:

    That is a ringing endorsement that (Pakistan's) policies are clear and transparent, it's a competitive market.

  3. Lindy Thackston:

    It felt surreal to ring the bell because it’s something I’ve visualized the entire time, i also felt a lot of survivor’s guilt ringing it and looking at everyone still sitting there. It’s hard with the friends I’ve made in chemo knowing that they are still there, and knowing a lot of people are in chemo for life. So I felt thankful ringing it and I also felt guilty ringing it.

  4. Terrence Floyd:

    If you keep my brother’s name ringing, you’re going to keep everybody else’s name ringing, breonna Taylor, Sean Bell, Ahmaud Arbery, you could go through the whole list. There’s a lot of them.

  5. Israel Idonije:

    Our phones have not stopped ringing in the last two weeks.

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