conspiring
conspiring is the present participle and gerund of conspire.
Meaning of conspire
Verb
conspire (third-person singular simple present conspires, present participle conspiring, simple past and past participle conspired)
- To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 37:18
- Synonyms:
- collogue
- To agree, to concur to one end.
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
- To work together to bring about.
- Rain and sweat conspired to smudge her mascara.
Noun
conspiring (plural conspirings)
- conspiracy
- This time, however, eavesdropping on more of his tragicomic conspirings is secondary to the fact that they are part of an agreement to finally legitimize the privately run, propagandistic Nixon library.2007 July 15, “The Nixonian Whitewash, Scrubbed”, in New York Times
Forms of conspiring
| plural | conspirings |
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Words that rhyme with conspiring
Questions about conspiring
- What does conspiring mean?
- Conspiring means conspiracy.
- What is conspiring the present participle and gerund of?
- Conspiring is the present participle and gerund of conspire.
- What part of speech is conspiring?
- Conspiring is a noun.
- What is the plural of conspiring?
- The plural of conspiring is conspirings.
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