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inspiring en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

Forms

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more inspiring Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most inspiring Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

noninspiring · inspiringly · uninspiring

Translations (20)

ru воодушевляющий (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · nl inspirerend (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · sv inspirerande (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · fr inspirant (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · ru вдохновляющий (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · it stimolante (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · es inspirativo (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · es inspirador (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · de inspirativ (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · hi प्रेरक (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · pl inspirujący (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · nb inspirerende (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · cmn 鼓舞人心的 (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · fi inspiroiva (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · hu lelkesítő (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · it incoraggiante (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · ca inspirador (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · cs inspirující (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · fi innoittava (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) · fr inspirateur (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating)

inspiring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) inspiration
    • From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill. 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:

Forms

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inspirings Number=Plur lexicographic

inspiring en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of inspire
    form of inspire