engagement ring
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1.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt rɪŋ/
:
anillo de compromiso
- He proposed to her with a beautiful engagement ring featuring a sparkling diamond.
- buy an engagement ring
- wear an engagement ring
- diamond engagement ring
So she goes, one of the stones of the engagement ring fell out.
- So she goes, one of the stones of the engagement ring fell out.
- I have my Alexandra man band and my engagement ring.
- Maybe your shop is for the brides who didn't want a plain diamond engagement ring, but something a little bit different.
- And finally, a jewelry shop is making headlines today because of how they are displaying engagement rings.
- I I could walk around with my engagement ring on, with a watch on, with a nice handbag with my phone in my hand.
- I bought my wife engagement ring, but it did not cost two months salary because I'm not insane or so that would be a lot of money.
- I love Anne Marie and I've said I took back the engagement ring because I'm mostly out of fear.
- OK, well, I'm going to freaking tell you what it is, OK, This engagement ring.
Examples
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And I couldn't wait to see the two-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring he had bought for me.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm looking for something in an engagement ring.
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I took all the money I had and bought an engagement ring.
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Is that an engagement ring?
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For the prince, there was a golden engagement ring with a stone of unusual beauty.
Fiction book (2002) -
I want you to help me pick out an engagement ring for Skylar.
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Christmastime is a good time to give engagement rings and to make plans for the future.
Fiction book (1994) -
Months before, he and Beverly had shopped together for my engagement ring.
Academic text (2007) -
Her mother crossed her legs and sat back, absently rotating her engagement ring and letting herself relax a little.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ethne stares at him a moment, then removes her engagement ring from her finger and holds it out to him.
Fiction book (2002)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'engagement' (the state/announcement of intent to marry) with 'ring' (a circular band worn on a finger): a ring associated with engagement. This noun+noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common way to name an object used for a social/ceremonial purpose, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Engagement ring comes from the old custom of giving a ring as a visible promise: the circle of the ring shows an unbroken promise, and long ago people even used iron rings to show someone was 'to be married'. That's why an engagement ring means a ring given to show someone is 'engaged to be married'.