Definitions for ruth
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Ruth, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swatnoun

   United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

2. Ruthnoun

   the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

3. commiseration, pity, ruth, pathosnoun

   a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

   "the blind are too often objects of pity"

4. Ruth, Book of Ruthnoun

   a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ruthnoun

   Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.

2. ruthnoun

   Repentance; regret; remorse.

3. ruthnoun

   Sorrow; misery; distress.

4. ruthnoun

   Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.

5. Ruthnoun

   Ruth the Moabite, around whom the text centers.

6. Ruthnoun

   A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

   Synonym: Rth.

7. Ruthnoun

   Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers.

8. Ruthnoun

   A female given name from Hebrew.

   Her face hardened.

9. Ruthnoun

   A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.

10. Ruthnoun

    A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

11. Etymology: From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth by Puritans.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RUTHnoun

   Mercy; pity; tenderness; sorrow for the misery of another.

   Etymology: from rue.

   The Britons, by Maximilian laid way
   With wretched miseries and woful ruth,
   Were to those Pagans made an open prey. Fa. Queen.

   All ruth, compassion, mercy he forgot. Edward Fairfax.

   She fair, he full of bashfulness and truth
   Lov’d much, hop’d little, and desired nought;
   He durst not speak, by suit to purchase ruth. Edward Fairfax.

   The better part with Mary and with Ruth
   Chosen thou hast; and they that overween,
   And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen,
   No anger find in thee, but pity and ruth. John Milton.

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1. ruth

   Ruth generally refers to feelings of compassion, sympathy, or pity for another person's misfortune or distress. However, it can also be a first name, commonly given to girls. It is of Hebrew origin and means "compassionate friend". Most notably, it is the name of a prominent figure in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruth

   sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness

2. Ruth

   that which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight

3. Etymology: [From Rue, v.: cf. Icel. hrygg, hryg.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruth

   Ruth is a four-piece Christian indie band from Battle Ground, Washington. Ruth's debut album, Secondhand Dreaming, was released June 26, 2007.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruth

   rōōth, n. pity, tenderness, sorrow: cruelty.—adj. Ruth′ful, pitiful, sorrowful: piteous, causing pity.—adv. Ruth′fully, in a sorrowful manner.—adj. Ruth′less, without pity: insensible to misery: cruel.—adv. Ruth′lessly.—n. Ruth′lessness. [M. E. ruthe, reuth—Scand.; Ice. hryggth, hrygth, sorrow.]

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1. ruth

   Song lyrics by ruth -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by ruth on the Lyrics.com website.

2. RUTH

   What does RUTH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RUTH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RUTH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ruth is ranked #2414 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ruth surname appeared 15,012 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Ruth.
   
   82.5% or 12,391 total occurrences were White.
   11.8% or 1,776 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 410 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 236 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 126 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 74 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Ballplayer
   • Book
   • Sympathy
   • Wife

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ruth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3301

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ruth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3159

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for ruth »

1. hurt

2. thru

3. Thur

4. thur

How to pronounce ruth?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ruth in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruth in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ruth in a Sentence

1. President Biden nominee:

   I remind them to take a look back at history and recall that it was Ronald Reagan who announced that President Joe Biden was going to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court and President Joe Biden did : Sandra Day O'Connor, and it was Donald Trump who announced that President Biden nominee was going to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a woman nominee as well. So this is not the first time that a president has signaled what they're looking for in a nominee.

2. Heritage Auctions:

   Baseball has a much longer history and has a lion’s share of the sports collectors ’ market as a whole, but hockey has its place, and Wayne Gretzky definitely goes on the Mount Rushmore of greatest of all time, wayne Gretzky’s right up there with Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   [ T ] Charles Krauthammer idea that the court should decree that it’s a Constitutional right, something that had been hidden in the Constitution for over a hundred years and that nobody had ever discerned, is simply a way of saying that it has been removed from the democratic arena. It can no longer be debated, all the laws are cancelled, and we are now in a new place, ironically, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who is on the court today once said, before she ascended to the court, that the abortion decision had prevented a stable social settlement of the abortion issue that was headed in the reform direction because it took it out of the political arena.

4. Dick Durbin:

   And it was Donald Trump who announced that President Biden nominee was going to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a woman nominee as well. So this is not the first time that a president has signaled what they're looking for in a nominee.

5. Kerrie Orozco:

   Our new lunch buddy, i ca n’t wait to meet Little Olivia Ruth.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ruth
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruth
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ruth
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruth
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ruth
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ruth
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ruth