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How to spell ride

Ride is spelled R-I-D-E.

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What it means: To sit on and control the movement of a vehicle.

In a sentence: I like to ride my bike in the park.

Same family: rides, rider, riding, rode, ridden. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Ride comes from Old English “rīdan,” which meant to travel on horseback. Over time, its meaning expanded from horses to many kinds of transport, including cars, bikes, and amusement park rides.

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