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ride

n. countable
A2 Elementary Oxford US //ˈɹaɪd// UK //ɹˈaɪd// ride Archaic Dialect General-service Informal Slang Vulgar

n. a journey in a vehicle, like a car, bus, or bike. It can also mean a trip on a machine at a fair, like a roller coaster.

n. a journey made in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. Also refers to a large mechanical device at an amusement park designed to carry people for entertainment.


SIMPLE

It is a long ride to the city center.

CONTEXTUAL

After the car broke down, my neighbor offered me a ride to the train station so I wouldn't be late.

COMPLEX

The amusement park's newest ride features a vertical drop that attracts thrill-seekers from across the country, despite the notoriously long queues during the summer season.

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Origin

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną (“to ride”), from Proto-Indo-European Hreydʰ- (“to ride”), from h₃reyH- (“to move”), from *h₃er- (“to move, stir”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: North Frisian ride, ridj, rir (“to ride”), West Frisian ride (“to ride”), Dutch rijden, ryden (“to ride; to drive”), German reiten, reuten (“to ride”), German Low German rieden (“to ride; to drive”), Limburgish rieje (“to ride; to drive”), Luxembourgish reiden (“to ride”), Vilamovian raeita, rajta (“to ride”), Danish ride (“to ride”), Faroese and Icelandic ríða (“to ride”), Norwegian Bokmål ri, ride (“to ride”), Norwegian Nynorsk ri, rida, ride (“to ride”), Swedish rida (“to ride”). From Indo-European: Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin irrītō (“to excite, incite, stimulate; to exasperate”), Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to move, stir”), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Russian ре́ять (réjatʹ, “to fly, hover, soar”), Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to get up; to rise up”), Northern Kurdish rîtin (“to shit”), Persian ریدن (ridan, “to shit; to fuck up, to screw up”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke; to produce, yield”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke; to produce, yield”), Hittite 𒅈𒉡𒊻𒍣 (ar-nu-uz-zi, “to address, send”), Sanskrit रीति (rīti, “course, motion; current, stream; line, row”).

Usage

Often used with the verbs 'give' or 'take'.

Pitfall

I went for a ride with my feetI went for a walkA 'ride' requires a vehicle or an animal; journeys made on foot are called walks.

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