Meaning & use
ringside
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Meanings
noununcountable
The area immediately around a boxing or wrestling ring, where spectators sit closest to the action.
Grammar: Used with 'the' and no plural: sit at ringside, not 'at the ringsides'.
Patterns
- at ringside
- from ringside
- ringside seats
We paid extra to sit at ringside and see every punch up close.
From ringside, you can hear the fighters breathing between rounds.
Celebrities filled the ringside seats for the title fight.
adjectivebefore a noun
Situated right next to a ring, or giving a very close view of an event.
Grammar: Comes before a noun: a ringside table, a ringside view.
Patterns
- a ringside seat
- a ringside table
- a ringside view of something
They booked a ringside table at the boxing club's dinner.
Reporters had a ringside view of the chaotic press conference.
Common combinations
- at ringside
- The coach stood at ringside shouting instructions.
- ringside seat
- She had a ringside seat for the whole argument.
- a ringside view of something
- Working in the newsroom gave him a ringside view of the scandal.
- ringside table
- We reserved a ringside table at the comedy club.
Synonyms and how they differ
- courtside
- Used for tennis and basketball courts rather than boxing rings.
- front row
- More general; it means the first row of seats anywhere, not specifically beside a ring.
Word family
Commonly confused: ringside or ring side?
ringside vs ring side
Written as two words, it would just mean a side of a ring or a side that rings; the single word 'ringside' is the fixed term for the seats.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'ringside' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Ringside' means beside the boxing ring, so 'sat ringside' fits. The second option wrongly treats it as a countable place, the third confuses it with the verb 'ring', and the fourth wrongly makes it a countable noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “ringside”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.