Meaning
To spoil something completely, so that it is no longer any good.
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Word origin
From Latin ruina, a falling down, from ruere, to fall.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ruina
Grammar
Examples
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To ruin a day is to spoil all of it.
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Here "ruin" means to make the plan useless.
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"Ruined" is the past form of "ruin".
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 4: ruin, interested, shoe and 7 more words.