conspiring

CEFRB2

/kəˈnspaɪrɪŋ/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Planning secretly with others to do something harmful or illegal.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    conspiracy

Examples

  • Either it's a full moon or animals are just conspiring against us today.

  • I can feel you conspiring behind my back.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of conspire

More examples

In context

  • What are you two conspiring about?

  • 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.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The spies were caught blank with foreign agents to steal secrets.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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