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- pronunciation:
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spi
rih
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
conspiracies |
| definition: |
a secret agreement among two or more people to do something wrong or illegal; plot.
阴谋
The queen discovered a conspiracy to end her rule.女王发现了试图结束她的统治的阴谋。- similar words:
- intrigue, plot, scheme
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| related words: |
treason |
| derivations: |
conspiratorial (adj.), conspiratory (adj.), conspiratorially (adv.) |
The word conspiracy
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
spir, spiro
Latin
root
that means breathe
Example words:
aspiration, aspire, conspiracy, conspire, expire, inspiration, inspire, perspiration, perspire, respiration, respiratory, spirit, spiritual, transpire
-cy
Latin and Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means state of or quality of
Example words:
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