Rung
noun
One of the pieces of wood or metal that go across a ladder for you to step on.
Be careful when you climb, don't skip any rungs on the ladder.
Often appears as...
- climb up the rungs
- slippery rung
noun
A level or position in a scale of success, development, or status.
She's on the lowest rung of the company's hierarchy.
Often appears as...
- climb the rungs
- reach the next rung
noun
One of the pieces of wood or metal that go across a ladder for you to step on.
Be careful when you climb, don't skip any rungs on the ladder.
Often appears as...
- climb up the rungs
- slippery rung
noun
A level or position in a scale of success, development, or status.
She's on the lowest rung of the company's hierarchy.
Often appears as...
- climb the rungs
- reach the next rung
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Rung is tangible, like steps on a ladder, and used in physical contexts.
He grabbed the highest rung he could reach.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Climbing
Use 'rung' when describing the action of moving upwards on a ladder.
She climbed the rungs cautiously.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Skippable
Rungs are essential steps, suggesting they should not be missed when climbing.
Skipping a rung can lead to a fall.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Rung is tangible, like steps on a ladder, and used in physical contexts.
He grabbed the highest rung he could reach.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Climbing
Use 'rung' when describing the action of moving upwards on a ladder.
She climbed the rungs cautiously.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Skippable
Rungs are essential steps, suggesting they should not be missed when climbing.
Skipping a rung can lead to a fall.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Rung is tangible, like steps on a ladder, and used in physical contexts.
He grabbed the highest rung he could reach.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Climbing
Use 'rung' when describing the action of moving upwards on a ladder.
She climbed the rungs cautiously.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Skippable
Rungs are essential steps, suggesting they should not be missed when climbing.
Skipping a rung can lead to a fall.
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The surprising science...
clearly the way for us to create many more niches of status so that people don't have to be lower on the status hierarchy as they are in the animal world the data isn't terribly supportive of money buying happiness but it's not irrelevant so if you look at questions like this life satisfaction you see life satisfaction going up with each rung of
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
and now I'm going to go back to where I started my conversation with you, which was about the flight of jobs. Now, of course, when we first, as a multinational company, decide to outsource jobs to India in the R&D, what we are going to do is we are going to outsource the bottom rung of the ladder to India, the least sophisticated jobs,
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Rethinking thinking -...
This is very similar to what someone watching a video recording of our experience would see. Moving up to the second rung, we filter in specific information and details from our experience. We unknowingly filter based on our preferences, tendencies, and many other aspects that we believe are important.
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Will automation take...
what economists call employment polarization, is that it knocks out rungs in the economic ladder, shrinks the size of the middle class and threatens to make us a more stratified society. On the one hand, a set of highly paid, highly educated professionals doing interesting work,
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Cracking Down on Sports...
to compete we also need to have our brains for a long time I think this positive public awareness has helped players be more willing to accept a concussion before if you got hit in the head and maybe you got your bell rung as they used to say there were
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
they did a quick analysis of Franklin's data and used that to build a few potential structures. Eventually, they arrived at the right one. DNA is made of two helicoidal strands, one opposite the other with bases in the center like rungs of a ladder.
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How to get serious about...
are on and climbing every rung of the corporate ladder; where those people feel safe -- indeed, expected -- to bring their unassimilated, authentic selves to work every day, because the difference that they bring is both recognized and respected.
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Jan Chipchase: The...
among all its other uses. And a mobile phone, it turns out, is a great recovery tool. If you prefer this kind of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, those three objects are very good at supporting the lowest rungs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
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Nancy Etcoff: Happiness...
you see life satisfaction going up with each rung of income. You see mental distress going up with lower income. So clearly there is some effect. But the effect is relatively small. And one of the problems with money is materialism.
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Deadly Dinners: Fresh...
daddy boy what will look like me oh now you said less hair and since I've been eating snakes my has grown back because I got hooked time of the Lord as often as seven times a day jaw rung risks death to keep his customers satisfied
Video examples
The surprising science...
clearly the way for us to create many more niches of status so that people don't have to be lower on the status hierarchy as they are in the animal world the data isn't terribly supportive of money buying happiness but it's not irrelevant so if you look at questions like this life satisfaction you see life satisfaction going up with each rung of
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
and now I'm going to go back to where I started my conversation with you, which was about the flight of jobs. Now, of course, when we first, as a multinational company, decide to outsource jobs to India in the R&D, what we are going to do is we are going to outsource the bottom rung of the ladder to India, the least sophisticated jobs,
Video examples
Rethinking thinking -...
This is very similar to what someone watching a video recording of our experience would see. Moving up to the second rung, we filter in specific information and details from our experience. We unknowingly filter based on our preferences, tendencies, and many other aspects that we believe are important.
Video examples
Will automation take...
what economists call employment polarization, is that it knocks out rungs in the economic ladder, shrinks the size of the middle class and threatens to make us a more stratified society. On the one hand, a set of highly paid, highly educated professionals doing interesting work,
Video examples
Cracking Down on Sports...
to compete we also need to have our brains for a long time I think this positive public awareness has helped players be more willing to accept a concussion before if you got hit in the head and maybe you got your bell rung as they used to say there were
Video examples
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
they did a quick analysis of Franklin's data and used that to build a few potential structures. Eventually, they arrived at the right one. DNA is made of two helicoidal strands, one opposite the other with bases in the center like rungs of a ladder.
Video examples
How to get serious about...
are on and climbing every rung of the corporate ladder; where those people feel safe -- indeed, expected -- to bring their unassimilated, authentic selves to work every day, because the difference that they bring is both recognized and respected.
Video examples
Jan Chipchase: The...
among all its other uses. And a mobile phone, it turns out, is a great recovery tool. If you prefer this kind of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, those three objects are very good at supporting the lowest rungs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Video examples
Nancy Etcoff: Happiness...
you see life satisfaction going up with each rung of income. You see mental distress going up with lower income. So clearly there is some effect. But the effect is relatively small. And one of the problems with money is materialism.
Video examples
Deadly Dinners: Fresh...
daddy boy what will look like me oh now you said less hair and since I've been eating snakes my has grown back because I got hooked time of the Lord as often as seven times a day jaw rung risks death to keep his customers satisfied
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.
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Donny Osmond
American Musician
If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.
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Cate Blanchett
Australian Actress
There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere, or if you're hungry for experience, then those experiences don't necessarily happen like rungs of a ladder or in a linear way.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.
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Fred Savage
American Actor
I appreciate everything. I built my career from very humble beginnings. Every job I've had, every next rung on the ladder, I appreciate because I know where it started - I started doing Pac-Man vitamin commercials.
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Chris Pavone
American Novelist
In 'The Travelers,' everyone is defined by his or her relationship to work. I put each character on a different rung of the ladder: from the lowliest assistant to a powerful man in the world of media.
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Mitch Daniels
American Politician
Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.
Quote examples
Donny Osmond
American Musician
If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.
Quote examples
Cate Blanchett
Australian Actress
There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere, or if you're hungry for experience, then those experiences don't necessarily happen like rungs of a ladder or in a linear way.
Quote examples
David Mamet
American Dramatist
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.
Quote examples
Fred Savage
American Actor
I appreciate everything. I built my career from very humble beginnings. Every job I've had, every next rung on the ladder, I appreciate because I know where it started - I started doing Pac-Man vitamin commercials.
Quote examples
Chris Pavone
American Novelist
In 'The Travelers,' everyone is defined by his or her relationship to work. I put each character on a different rung of the ladder: from the lowliest assistant to a powerful man in the world of media.
Quote examples
Mitch Daniels
American Politician
Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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