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Meaning of "ruby" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RUBY

From Old French rubi, from Latin rubeus reddish, from ruber red.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RUBY

ruby  [ˈruːbɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUBY

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Ruby is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RUBY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Ruby

A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum. The red color is caused mainly by the presence of the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. The ruby is considered one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, the emerald and the diamond. Prices of rubies are primarily determined by color. The brightest and most valuable "red" called blood-red, commands a large premium over other rubies of similar quality. After color follows clarity: similar to diamonds, a clear stone will command a premium, but a ruby without any needle-like rutile inclusions may indicate that the stone has been treated. Cut and carat are also an important factor in determining the price. Ruby is the traditional birthstone for July and is always lighter red or pink than garnet.

Definition of ruby in the English dictionary

The first definition of ruby in the dictionary is a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum: occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized. It is used as a gemstone, in lasers, and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al2O3. Other definition of ruby is the deep-red colour of a ruby. Ruby is also something resembling, made of, or containing a ruby.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUBY


Babi
ˈbɑːbɪ
barbie
ˈbɑːbɪ
barby
ˈbɑːbɪ
booby
ˈbuːbɪ
Corby
ˈkɔːbɪ
Darby
ˈdɑːbɪ
freebie
ˈfriːbɪ
gooby
ˈɡuːbɪ
Hebe
ˈhiːbɪ
jube
ˈdʒuːbɪ
Kirkby
ˈkɜːbɪ
krubi
ˈkruːbɪ
looby
ˈluːbɪ
Mugabe
mʊˈɡɑːbɪ
newbie
ˈnjuːbɪ
Panjabi
pʌnˈdʒɑːbɪ
phoebe
ˈfiːbɪ
Punjabi
pʌnˈdʒɑːbɪ
scooby
ˌskuːbɪ
wasabi
wəˈsɑːbɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUBY

rubout
rubric
rubrical
rubrically
rubricate
rubrication
rubricator
rubrician
rubstone
rubus
ruby glass
ruby grapefruit
ruby silver
ruby spinel
ruby wedding
ruby-like
ruby-red
ruby-tail wasp
Rubygate
rubythroat

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUBY

aby
baby
balas ruby
bead-ruby
bobby
by
by and by
chubby
Colorado ruby
dauby
derby
hobby
hubby
lobby
mauby
nearby
roller derby
rugby
star ruby
thereby

Synonyms and antonyms of ruby in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ruby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUBY

Find out the translation of ruby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ruby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ruby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

红宝石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rubí
570 millions of speakers

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ruby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रूबी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

روبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рубин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rubi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rubis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ruby
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rubin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルビー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 루비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ruby
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ru bi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரூபி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माणुस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakut
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rubino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ruby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рубін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rubin
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ρουμπίνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ruby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rubin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ruby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ruby

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBY»

The term «ruby» is very widely used and occupies the 6.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ruby» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ruby» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ruby

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5 QUOTES WITH «RUBY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ruby.
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Ashley Judd
Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months.
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Alfred Kastler
We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom.
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Yukihiro Matsumoto
Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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Samuel Rutherford
Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.
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Carol Vorderman
Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You'll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with ruby than I've ever been with another woman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBY»

Discover the use of ruby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ruby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide
This book describes it all. The first quarter of the book is a tutorial introduction that gets you up to speed with the Ruby language and the most important classes and libraries.
David Thomas, 2013
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The Book of Ruby
The Book of Ruby is an in-depth introduction to Ruby, one of the world's most popular programming languages and the backbone of the acclaimed Ruby on Rails web application framework.
Huw Collingbourne, 2011
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The Ruby Programming Language
This book begins with a quick-start tutorial to the language, and then explains the language in detail from the bottom up: from lexical and syntactic structure to datatypes to expressions and statements and on through methods, blocks, ...
David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto, 2008
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Ruby Red
Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust. Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red is young adult novel full of fantasy and romance.
Kerstin Gier, 2011
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Learning Ruby
You'll find examples on nearly every page of this book that you can imitate and hack. Briefly, this book: Outlines many of the most important features of Ruby Demonstrates how to use conditionals, and how to manipulate strings in Ruby.
Michael Fitzgerald, 2007
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Eloquent Ruby
Next, the book addresses bigger questions related to building methods and classes. You’ll discover why Ruby classes contain so many tiny methods, when to use operator overloading, and when to avoid it.
Russ Olsen, 2011
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Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional
Develop desktop and GUI applications with Ruby. Who this book is for Beginning programmers, programmers new to Ruby, and web developers interested in knowing the foundations of the language.
Peter Cooper, 2009
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Design Patterns in Ruby
In this book, Russ Olsen demonstrates how to combine Ruby's power and elegance with patterns, and write more sophisticated, effective software with far fewer lines of code.
Russ Olsen, 2007
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Mama Ruby
After Othella--the daughter of the town tramp in Shreveport, Louisiana--convinces her to give her baby away, 15-year-old Ruby Jean Upshaw runs away to New Orleans where nothing can erase the memories of the child she lost or quell her ...
Mary Monroe, 2012
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Ruby Best Practices
Provides information on designing APIs and domain-specific language, writing readable code, and working with functional programming ideas with the Ruby programming language.
Gregory Brown, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ruby is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ruby Rose -- Gunman Arrested in Her Backyard
10:40 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Ruby was not the one who called police and it didn't happen at her home. We're told a man was trying to ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»
2
Judy Garland's missing ruby slippers: anonymous donor offers $1m …
There's no place like home … One of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, on display during a media tour of the America's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Watch 'OITNB' star Ruby Rose destroys gender norms
Ruby Rose isn't just our favorite new character on Orange Is The New Black – she's a model, VJ, filmmaker, and the star of a video that's giving a big middle ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
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Why are the deaths of Ruby Dee, Rue McClanahan trending — again?
If you paid attention to your social media feeds Thursday and early Friday, you might have noticed condolences for actors Ruby Dee and Rue McClanahan. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
5
Sunrise Ruby weighing 25.29 carats sells for $30 million at …
Sotheby's international jewellery division chairman David Bennett said it was a "new record price for a ruby" as he brought down the hammer to applause. «ABC Online, May 15»
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So Ruby Tandoh came out? It won't be the last time
I get Ruby's frustration, because it happens to me all the time – especially if I'm wearing a skirt. It's almost as if it's code for “comment on me as you feel fit, ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Clayton Ruby 'looking forward' to cross-examining Justin Bieber
Clayton Ruby, the lawyer for Abdul Mohar, has filed documents in an Ontario court that allege that Bieber assaulted his client during an incident in December, ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
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Berlusconi 'ready to go' in wake of Ruby acquittal
On the morning after his acquittal in the so-called “Rubygate” trial, 78-year-old former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is reportedly ready to reassume full time ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
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Dates: Tuesday 10 to Friday, 13 March Big races:Tues - Champion …
In other Festival news, Ruby Walsh will partner the Willie Mullins-trained favourite Faugheen - and not Hurricane Fly - in Tuesday's Champion Hurdle. «BBC Sport, Mar 15»
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Why Oprah Winfrey chose 'Ruby' for her book club
Cynthia Bond's novel "Ruby" is set in Texas and tells a fierce and poetic tale of a worldly, beautiful black woman, Ruby Bell, and her struggle not to be destroyed ... «Christian Science Monitor, Feb 15»

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