What part of speech is compromising?

Compromising can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. compromising is a verb, gerund of compromise (infinitive).
  • 2. compromising is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more compromising
    most compromising
  • Positive: compromising 
  • Comparative: more compromising
  • Superlative: most compromising

What does compromising mean?

Definitions

Adjective

compromising - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
compromising - vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"

Verb

compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
compromise - settle by concession
compromise - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"

Examples of compromising

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet.
2. adj. She found herself in a compromising situation.
3. verb If the correct legal name is not in Global Counterparty, the confirmation goes out with the wrong legal name on it seriously compromising the contract itself.
4. verb A Norwegian diplomat had been hostile to the Soviet Union, so the KGB initiated a compromising action against the Norwegian. He had a Russian girlfriend and was asked to immediately leave the country.
5. verb Beware of cameras with long lenses, lest you get snapped in a compromising situation.
6. verb Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise.
7. verb We have no choice but to compromise.
8. verb I had to compromise on this point.
9. verb The mayor will compromise to a certain extent.
10. verb The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
11. verb Both sides had to compromise with each other.
12. verb It's against my rules to compromise.
13. verb We tried to compromise with them.
14. verb In any case, the union has to compromise to a certain extent.
15. verb He had refused to compromise on the issue.
16. verb President Cleveland had to compromise.
17. verb Tom seems to be unwilling to compromise.
18. noun The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual.
Sentence  
adj.
Loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet.
She found herself in a compromising situation.
verb
If the correct legal name is not in Global Counterparty, the confirmation goes out with the wrong legal name on it seriously compromising the contract itself.
A Norwegian diplomat had been hostile to the Soviet Union, so the KGB initiated a compromising action against the Norwegian. He had a Russian girlfriend and was asked to immediately leave the country.
Beware of cameras with long lenses, lest you get snapped in a compromising situation.
Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise.
We have no choice but to compromise.
I had to compromise on this point.
The mayor will compromise to a certain extent.
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
Both sides had to compromise with each other.
It's against my rules to compromise.
We tried to compromise with them.
In any case, the union has to compromise to a certain extent.
He had refused to compromise on the issue.
President Cleveland had to compromise.
Tom seems to be unwilling to compromise.
noun
The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual.

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