encourage (verb)

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• encourage — ► VERB 1) give support, confidence, or hope to. 2) help or stimulate the development of. DERIVATIVES encouragement noun encourager noun encouraging adjective. ORIGIN French encourager, from corage courage …   English terms dictionary

• encourage — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, highly (AmE), strongly ▪ We were greatly encouraged by the support we received. ▪ Speaking your mind is highly encouraged at these sessions. ▪ especially …   Collocations dictionary

• encourage — verb 1) the players were encouraged by the crowd s response Syn: hearten, cheer, buoy up, uplift, inspire, motivate, spur on, stir, stir up, fire up, stimulate, invigorate, vitalize, revitalize, embolden, fortify, rally …   Thesaurus of popular words

• encourage — verb (T) 1 to say or do something that helps someone have the courage or confidence to do something: Haldene encouraged him in his work. | encourage sb to do sth: Patricia encouraged me to apply for the job. 2 to make something more likely to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• encourage — verb /ɪnˈkʌɹɪʤ,ɪnˈkɝɹɪʤ/ a) To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. I encouraged him during his race. b) To spur on, strongly recommend. We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre …   Wiktionary

• encourage — I verb back, back up, boost, embolden, endorse, hearten, inspire, support II index abet, assure (give confidence to), coax, conduce, contribute (assist) …   Law dictionary

• encourage — verb 1) the players were encouraged by the crowd Syn: hearten, cheer, buoy up, uplift, inspire, motivate, spur on, stir, fire up, stimulate, embolden; informal buck up 2) she encouraged him to go Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• encourage — verb give support, confidence, or hope to. ↘help or stimulate the development of. Derivatives encouragement noun encourager noun encouraging adjective encouragingly adverb Origin ME: from Fr. encourager, from en in + corage courage …   English new terms dictionary

• encourage — [[t]ɪnkʌ̱rɪʤ, AM kɜ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦ encourages, encouraging, encouraged 1) VERB If you encourage someone, you give them confidence, for example by letting them know that what they are doing is good and telling them that they should continue to do it …   English dictionary

• encourage */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms encourage : present tense I/you/we/they encourage he/she/it encourages present participle encouraging past tense encouraged past participle encouraged 1) to suggest that someone does something that …   English dictionary

• encourage — en|cour|age [ ın kʌrıdʒ ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to suggest that someone does something that you believe would be good: We encourage student participation in our classes. encourage someone to do something: Mom always encouraged us to discuss… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English