inspiring

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: in‧spir‧ing

Adjective

inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)

  1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

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Verb

inspiring

  1. present participle and gerund of inspire

Noun

inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)

  1. inspiration
    • 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
      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.
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