"inspiring" meaning in English

See inspiring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ [UK], /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ [US] Forms: more inspiring [comparative], most inspiring [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)
  1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating. Translations (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating): inspirador (Catalan), 鼓舞人心的 (Chinese Mandarin), inspirující (Czech), inspiroiva (Finnish), innoittava (Finnish), inspirant [masculine] (French), inspirateur [masculine] (French), inspirativ (German), stimolante (Italian), incoraggiante (Italian), inspirerende (Norwegian Bokmål), вдохновляющий (vdoxnovljajuščij) (Russian), воодушевляющий (vooduševljajuščij) (Russian), inspirador [masculine] (Spanish), inspirativo [masculine] (Spanish), inspirerande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inspiring-en-adj--HHcfVQN

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ [UK], /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ [US] Forms: inspirings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)
  1. inspiration Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inspiring-en-noun-viyc4XJ4

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ [UK], /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ [US]
Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} inspiring
  1. present participle and gerund of inspire Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: inspire
    Sense id: en-inspiring-en-verb-klFDCGjh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 90

Inflected forms

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