Meaning of "ruin" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RUIN

From Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna a falling down, from ruere to fall violently.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RUIN

ruin  [ˈruːɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUIN

Ruin is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ruin in English.

WHAT DOES RUIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ruins

Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once complete, as time went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction. Natural disaster, war and depopulation are the most common root causes, with many structures becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging. There are famous ruins all over the world, from ancient sites in China, the Indus valley and Judea to Zimbabwe in Africa, ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman sites in the Mediterranean basin, and Incan and Mayan sites in the Americas. Ruins are of great importance to historians, archaeologists and anthropologists, whether they were once individual fortifications, places of worship, houses and utility buildings, or entire villages, towns and cities. Many ruins have become UNESCO World Heritage Sites in recent years, to identify and preserve them as areas of outstanding value to humanity.

Definition of ruin in the English dictionary

The first definition of ruin in the dictionary is destroyed or decayed building or town. Other definition of ruin is the state or condition of being destroyed or decayed. Ruin is also loss of wealth, position, etc, or something that causes such loss; downfall.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RUIN

PRESENT

Present

I ruin

you ruin

he/she/it ruins

we ruin

you ruin

they ruin

Present continuous

I am ruining

you are ruining

he/she/it is ruining

we are ruining

you are ruining

they are ruining

Present perfect

I have ruined

you have ruined

he/she/it has ruined

we have ruined

you have ruined

they have ruined

Present perfect continuous

I have been ruining

you have been ruining

he/she/it has been ruining

we have been ruining

you have been ruining

they have been ruining

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ruined

you ruined

he/she/it ruined

we ruined

you ruined

they ruined

Past continuous

I was ruining

you were ruining

he/she/it was ruining

we were ruining

you were ruining

they were ruining

Past perfect

I had ruined

you had ruined

he/she/it had ruined

we had ruined

you had ruined

they had ruined

Past perfect continuous

I had been ruining

you had been ruining

he/she/it had been ruining

we had been ruining

you had been ruining

they had been ruining

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ruin

you will ruin

he/she/it will ruin

we will ruin

you will ruin

they will ruin

Future continuous

I will be ruining

you will be ruining

he/she/it will be ruining

we will be ruining

you will be ruining

they will be ruining

Future perfect

I will have ruined

you will have ruined

he/she/it will have ruined

we will have ruined

you will have ruined

they will have ruined

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ruining

you will have been ruining

he/she/it will have been ruining

we will have been ruining

you will have been ruining

they will have been ruining

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ruin

you would ruin

he/she/it would ruin

we would ruin

you would ruin

they would ruin

Conditional continuous

I would be ruining

you would be ruining

he/she/it would be ruining

we would be ruining

you would be ruining

they would be ruining

Conditional perfect

I would have ruin

you would have ruin

he/she/it would have ruin

we would have ruin

you would have ruin

they would have ruin

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ruining

you would have been ruining

he/she/it would have been ruining

we would have been ruining

you would have been ruining

they would have been ruining

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ruin
we let´s ruin
you ruin

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ruin

Past participle

ruined

Present Participle

ruining

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RUIN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ruin» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ruin

bankrupt · bankruptcy · beggar · blow · bodge · botch · break · breakdown · bring down · collapse · crash · cripple · crush · damage · debris · decay · decrepitude · defeat · demolish · destitution · destroy · destruction · detritus · devastate · devastation · dilapidation · disfigure · disintegration · disrepair · dissolution · downfall · failure · fall · fuck up · havoc · impoverish · impoverishment · injure · insolvency · jeff · kennet · lay waste · mangle · mar · overthrow · overturn · overwhelm · pauperize · penury · poverty · raze · remainder · rubble · ruination · screw up · shatter · smash · spoil · subversion · the end · total · trash · undo · undoing · Waterloo · wreck · wreckage

TRANSLATION OF RUIN

Find out the translation of ruin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ruin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ruin» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 破产
• Translator English - Spanish: ruina
• English: ruin
• Translator English - Hindi: बर्बाद
• Translator English - Arabic: إفْلاس
• Translator English - Russian: крах
• Translator English - Portuguese: ruína
• Translator English - Bengali: সর্বনাশ
• Translator English - French: ruine
• Translator English - Malay: Kehancuran
• Translator English - German: Ruine
• Translator English - Japanese: 荒廃
• Translator English - Korean: 파산
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngrusak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phá sản
• Translator English - Tamil: அழிவை
• Translator English - Marathi: नाश
• Translator English - Turkish: harabe
• Translator English - Italian: rovina
• Translator English - Polish: ruina
• Translator English - Ukrainian: руйнування
• Translator English - Romanian: ruinare
• Translator English - Greek: ερείπιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ondergang
• Translator English - Swedish: ruin
• Translator English - Norwegian: ruin

10 QUOTES WITH «RUIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ruin.

1

Berenice Abbott

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

2

Amy Adams

Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'

3

Aeschylus

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

4

Muammar al-Gaddafi

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

5

Moran Atias

Take responsibility and make a relationship the best it can be. We're all afraid of being hurt. Get rid of that fear. Be in the moment and enjoy the relationship - or you'll ruin it.

6

Bob Beamon

Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting eye or your shooting arm.

7

Melissa Bean

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

8

Josh Billings

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

9

Giordano Bruno

See how fortune deludes us, and that which we put carefully into her hands, she either breaks or lets it fall from her hands, or causes it to be removed by the violence of another, or suffocates and poisons, or taints with suspicion, fear and jealousy to the great hurt and ruin of the possessor.

10

Fanny Burney

Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUIN»

Discover the use of ruin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ruin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free

This is not so much a book about Why God allows suffering or even How we should approach suffering—it is a book about the tremendously liberating and gloriously counterintuitive truth of a God who suffers with you and for you.

Tullian Tchividjian, 2012

How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

When sixteen-year-old Amy, a spoiled American, goes to Israel for a three-month summer vacation with a father she barely knows, she is not prepared for his Jewish family and the changes they bring about in her life.

Simone Elkeles, 2010

Insurance Risk and Ruin

Ideal for a first course in insurance risk theory. Includes numerous worked examples and exercises for which solutions are provided.

David C. M. Dickson, 2005

How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation

Spoiled Amy Nelson-Barak is excited about going to see her boyfriend, who is in the Israeli Army, until Amy learns that she has to take basic training and her boyfriend is going to be her commanding officer.

Simone Elkeles, 2010

Ruin

This work is of our time for our time, a collection which expresses the anxieties and aspirations of all those who resist the dark forces shaking our world.

Roberta Lowing, 2010

Ruin

This confident, intense debut speaks of ruined childhoods with both terror and tenderness.

Cynthia Cruz, 2006

Reservations to Un-Human Rights Treaties: Ratify and Ruin?

FOREWORD.

Elizabeth Lijnzaad, 1995

How to Ruin My Teenage Life

Living with her Israeli father in Chicago, seventeen-year-old Amy Nelson-Barak feels like a walking disaster, worried about her "non-boyfriend" in the Israeli army, her mother, new stepfather, and the baby they are expecting, a new boy ...

Simone Elkeles, 2011

Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller

Set a decade in the future, this thriller serves as a stark reminder of what can happen when liberty is overlooked in pursuit of security, and offers a glimpse at the potential solution.

Jsb Morse, 2010

How to Ruin Your Life By 30: Nine Surprisingly Everyday ...

By taking a look at 9 common, everyday mistakes, which most of us have an opportunity to make on a regular basis, Steve Farrar speaks with wisdom and wit in this short book that serves as a wake up call we should all take.

Steve Farrar, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ruin is used in the context of the following news items.

Will Rain Ruin Fourth of July Fireworks In Phoenixville?

Will Rain Ruin Fourth of July Fireworks In Phoenixville? There is a chance of showers over the weekend. Will it ruin your plans? Check your local forecast here. «Patch.com, Jul 15»

Shamrock responds to Rogan's fight fixing speculation: You can ruin …

That could literally ruin somebody's career. That's like me going out there and telling his wife that he cheated on his wife, yet I don't have any proof, but someone ... «Bloody Elbow, Jun 15»

iZombie Sneak Peek: Will Liv Ruin Ravi's Date with Peyton?

On Tuesday's episode, Ravi (Rahul Kohli) finally gets that much-anticipated date with Peyton (Alyson Michalka). But just in time for the big night, Liv (Rose ... «TV Guide, May 15»

Cannes Review: 'Blue Ruin' Director Jeremy Saulnier Scores Again …

When writer-director Jeremy Saulnier's sophomore feature "Blue Ruin" debuted at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, it caused quite the stir. While much of that ... «Indie Wire, May 15»

Mega Buzz: What Will Ruin Kono and Adam's Wedding on Hawaii …

So what will ruin the big day? Let's just say that even though his nemesis Wo Fat is out of the picture, Adam's ties to the Yakuza remain. "Wo Fat was a thorn in ... «TV Guide, Apr 15»

Photos show now-abandoned NASCAR track laying in ruin

WILKESBORO, N.C. — It was open for 64 years, but lays in ruin just four years after it closed. 'Certain parts of America decline so fast these days, they should ... «Q13 FOX, Mar 15»

Heidi Montag Forgives Lauren Conrad For "Trying to Ruin My Life …

It's been almost eight years since Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag's friendship dissolved before our very eyes on The Hills. Though the details remained vague ... «Us Magazine, Feb 15»

Marina & The Diamonds' New Music Video Will "Ruin" You

Bubbly but bittersweet, Marina and the Diamonds' "I'm A Ruin" isn't about a life being ruined, but the one who will ruin another. It's a theme that was exploited ... «Refinery29, Feb 15»

New Music: Marina and the Diamonds - "I'm A Ruin" [Full Version]

Another 'froot' has fell off the tree. But it wasn't its time to drop yet. Marina and the Diamonds was scheduled to release a new track from her forthcoming third ... «Music and Lyrics, Jan 15»

Shep Smith wonders: Is America about to “ruin” Cuba? An error …

I first heard of this when John Podhoretz tweeted about it and I thought, “Nope, John's exaggerating. I wonder what Shep really said.” Then a bunch of other ... «Hot Air, Dec 14»