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Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.
Robert Anton Wilson

Meaning of "conspire" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONSPIRE

From Old French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre to plot together, literally: to breathe together, from spīrāre to breathe.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSPIRE

conspire  [kənˈspaɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSPIRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conspire is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb conspire in English.

WHAT DOES CONSPIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of conspire in the English dictionary

The definition of conspire in the dictionary is to plan or agree on together in secret. Other definition of conspire is to act together towards some end as if by design.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONSPIRE

PRESENT

Present
I conspire
you conspire
he/she/it conspires
we conspire
you conspire
they conspire
Present continuous
I am conspiring
you are conspiring
he/she/it is conspiring
we are conspiring
you are conspiring
they are conspiring
Present perfect
I have conspired
you have conspired
he/she/it has conspired
we have conspired
you have conspired
they have conspired
Present perfect continuous
I have been conspiring
you have been conspiring
he/she/it has been conspiring
we have been conspiring
you have been conspiring
they have been conspiring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I conspired
you conspired
he/she/it conspired
we conspired
you conspired
they conspired
Past continuous
I was conspiring
you were conspiring
he/she/it was conspiring
we were conspiring
you were conspiring
they were conspiring
Past perfect
I had conspired
you had conspired
he/she/it had conspired
we had conspired
you had conspired
they had conspired
Past perfect continuous
I had been conspiring
you had been conspiring
he/she/it had been conspiring
we had been conspiring
you had been conspiring
they had been conspiring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will conspire
you will conspire
he/she/it will conspire
we will conspire
you will conspire
they will conspire
Future continuous
I will be conspiring
you will be conspiring
he/she/it will be conspiring
we will be conspiring
you will be conspiring
they will be conspiring
Future perfect
I will have conspired
you will have conspired
he/she/it will have conspired
we will have conspired
you will have conspired
they will have conspired
Future perfect continuous
I will have been conspiring
you will have been conspiring
he/she/it will have been conspiring
we will have been conspiring
you will have been conspiring
they will have been conspiring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would conspire
you would conspire
he/she/it would conspire
we would conspire
you would conspire
they would conspire
Conditional continuous
I would be conspiring
you would be conspiring
he/she/it would be conspiring
we would be conspiring
you would be conspiring
they would be conspiring
Conditional perfect
I would have conspire
you would have conspire
he/she/it would have conspire
we would have conspire
you would have conspire
they would have conspire
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been conspiring
you would have been conspiring
he/she/it would have been conspiring
we would have been conspiring
you would have been conspiring
they would have been conspiring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you conspire
we let´s conspire
you conspire
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to conspire
Past participle
conspired
Present Participle
conspiring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSPIRE


acrospire
ˈækrəˌspaɪə
aspire
əˈspaɪə
empire
ˈɛmpaɪə
espier
ɪˈspaɪə
expire
ɪkˈspaɪə
inspire
ɪnˈspaɪə
leptospire
ˌleptəˈspaɪə
occupier
ˈɒkjʊˌpaɪə
papaya
pəˈpaɪə
perspire
pəˈspaɪə
pia
ˈpaɪə
pyre
paɪə
reinspire
ˌriːɪnˈspaɪə
respire
rɪˈspaɪə
sampire
ˈsæmpaɪə
spire
spaɪə
suspire
səˈspaɪə
transpire
trænˈspaɪə
umpire
ˈʌmpaɪə
vampire
ˈvæmpaɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSPIRE

conspicuity
conspicuous
conspicuous consumption
conspicuously
conspicuousness
conspiracies
conspiracy
conspiracy theory
conspirant
conspiration
conspirational
conspirator
conspiratorial
conspiratorially
conspiratory
conspiratress
conspirer
conspiring
conspiringly
conspurcation

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSPIRE

British Empire
Byzantine Empire
Celestial Empire
Chinese Empire
Eastern Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
false vampire
fanpire
First Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Indian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Persian Empire
Roman Empire
Russian Empire
Second Empire
the Empire
Turkish Empire
Western Empire
Western Roman Empire

Synonyms and antonyms of conspire in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONSPIRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «conspire» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of conspire

Translation of «conspire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSPIRE

Find out the translation of conspire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conspire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conspire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

合谋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conspirar
570 millions of speakers

English

conspire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

षड्यंत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتآمرون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сговор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conspirar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comploter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersekongkol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sich verschwören
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

共謀する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공모하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konklaf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mưu phản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதி செய்கிறார்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कट करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anlaşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cospirare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konspirować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conspira
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνωμοτούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saamspan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conspire
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konspirerer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conspire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSPIRE»

The term «conspire» is regularly used and occupies the 59.642 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSPIRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conspire

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4 QUOTES WITH «CONSPIRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conspire.
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Dee Brown
You just don't give up. There have been times when everything seemed to conspire against getting a book done or printed, and I would feel like turning my back on the whole thing. But I came back and persisted.
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Rob Delaney
It makes me sad that corporations and media and Hollywood conspire to make people feel terrible about their bodies from the second they wake up ,so I sort of try to subversively undercut that.
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Samantha Power
The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen.
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Robert Anton Wilson
Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSPIRE»

Discover the use of conspire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conspire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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With Fate Conspire
Marie Brennan returns to the Onyx Court, a fairy city hidden below Queen Victoria's London.
Marie Brennan, 2011
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The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to ...
Three main explanations have been advanced to explain the dearth of women in math-intensive careers, and in The Mathematics of Sex, Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams describe and dissect the evidence for each.
Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy M. Williams, 2009
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When Father and Son Conspire: A Minnesota Farm Murder
When Father and Son Conspire examines in depth the September 29, 1983, murders of two southwestern Minnesota bankers by 46-year-old James Jenkins and his 18-year-old son, Steven, on a farm mortgaged to the bankers and abandoned by Jenkins.
Joseph Amato, 2000
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With Fate Conspire
Vietnam veteran and MIT student Tim Harper uses his new invention, a time machine, to travel ninety thousand years into the future, where he is captured by Alghera clansmen who seek to use his discovery to change the course of history
Mike Shupp, 1985
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Insular Insight: Where Art and Architecture Conspire With ...
Among others, the book presents buildings by Kazuyo Sejima, Ruye Nishizawa, Tadao Ando, and Hiroshi Sambuichi. A comprehensive portrait of the Japanese art island Naoshima by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan.
Lars Müller, Akiko Miki, 2011
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With Fate Conspire
Jeannine Wellman moves to Puerta de Paz to escape the stress of her high-pressure city job, only to find that a series of accidents starts her troubles all over again
Yvonne MacManus, 1998
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When Events Conspire Against Us: Affect Regulation, ...
Research into depression has examined two personality styles that serve as vulnerability factors to depression as well as other negative affective disorders.
Aubrey D. Litvack, 2006
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The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to ...
The Mathematics of Sex represents the first time such a thorough synthesis of data has been carried out to solve the puzzle of women's underrepresentation in math-intensive careers.
Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy M. Williams, 2009
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Rethinking Corporate Crime
In respect of the parties to a conspiracy, the key question is whether a parent company can conspire with one of its subsidiaries. We have seen that, when a parent company is sought to be held vicariously liable for the offence of its subsidiary, ...
James Gobert, Maurice Punch, 2003
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Joint Ventures: Antitrust Analysis of Collaborations Among ...
1990) (holding that staff members may conspire among themselves), modified, 927 F.2d 904 (6th Cir. 1991); Bolt v. Halifax Hosp. Med. Ctr., 891 F.2d 810. 819 ( 11th Cir. 1990) (holding that staff members may conspire with one another ...
‎2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSPIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conspire is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pakistan players conspire to inspire series win in Pallekele
Pakistan players conspire to inspire series win in Pallekele. Mathews, Karunaratne amongst Sri Lanka players to make gains. Pakistan players ... «International Cricket Council, Jul 15»
2
Black Fast Streaming New Track "I Conspire"
(0 Comments). Black Fast has released the second new single titled "I Conspire" off forthcoming LP "Terms of Surrender," due out August 7th. «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
3
Russia Today Has an Illuminati Correspondent. Really.
... for International Settlements (BIS) and élite Bilderberg Conferences where the dark forces of corporations, media, banks and royalty conspire ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
San Francisco's Ocean Beach Cleanup Yields Big Trash
The currents, tides and location at the mouth of the Bay conspire to make Ocean Beach an international receptacle; it catches debris floating out ... «NBC Bay Area, Jul 15»
5
Regulatory Capture: Left-Wing Activists Write EPA Talking Points
When activists conspire with like-minded bureaucrats to impose mutually agreeable compulsive agendas on the rest of the public, the ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
6
EACC commissioners' role reduced to oversight
"We want to avoid a situation where commissioners may conspire and compromise the war on corruption," she said. See also: Dormant citizens ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
7
Cody Simpson Wants His Mom To Be The Next Cast Member Of The …
Who knows, Simpson and Foster might even conspire to get the singer and Gigi Hadid back together! [ Related: Is Cody Shading Ex-Girlfriend ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
8
Jai Courtney Joins 'The Kaiser's Last Kiss' with Lily James
As the Nazis race to identify and eliminate the agent, the threads of history conspire with the recklessness of the heart to dumbfound them. «Showbiz Junkies, Jul 15»
9
DOJ clears Gov. Espino, Rep. Celeste in slay case of Pangasinan …
... as only the dumb would conspire to commit a crime in the presence of a person not privy to the plan, more so a 16-year-old minor like Jestin. «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
10
Giving the regime what it wants
... state from collapse: an iron fighter against terrorism and against all those who conspire against Egypt and her state, her security and stability. «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»

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