how to pronounce ruin

/ˈɹuən/

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ruin is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ruin in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the room as a decadent ruin making …”

meaning of ruin

Ruin means to cause to be in a state of ruin or collapse.

ruin frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word ruin occurs in english on average 13.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ruin can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ruin can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;