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1 encourage
1) (to give support, confidence or hope to: The general tried to encourage the troops: You should not encourage him in his extravagance; I felt encouraged by his praise.) hvetja, telja kjark í2) (to urge (a person) to do something: You must encourage him to try again.) hvetja•- encouragingly
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2 promote
[prə'məut]1) (to raise (to a higher rank or position): He was promoted to head teacher.) hækka (í stöðu)2) (to encourage, organize, or help the progress of: He worked hard to promote peace / this scheme.) stuðla að3) (to encourage the buying of; to advertise: We are promoting a new brand of soap-powder.) auglÿsa•- promoter- promotion -
3 abet
[ə'bet]past tense, past participle - abetted; verb(to help or encourage to do something wrong: He abetted his cousin in robbing the bank.) aðstoða, hvetja (einkum til illra verka) -
4 academy
[ə'kædəmi] 1. plural - academies; noun1) (a higher school for special study: Academy of Music.) háskóli; æðri menntastofnun2) (a society to encourage science, art etc: The Royal Academy.) heiðurstofnun vísinda- og listamanna3) (a type of senior school.) framhaldsskóli (einkaskóli)•- academic2. noun(a university or college teacher.) háskólakennari- academically -
5 back up
1) (to support or encourage: The new evidence backed up my arguments.) styðja2) (to make a copy of the information stored on the computer or disk.) -
6 countenance
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7 hearten
verb (to encourage or cheer up: We were greatly heartened by the good news.) hughreysta -
8 inspire
1) (to encourage by filling with eg confidence, enthusiasm etc: The players were inspired by the loyalty of their supporters and played better football than ever before.) hrífa; fylla hugmóði2) (to be the origin or source of a poetic or artistic idea: An incident in his childhood inspired the poem.) vera kveikjan að• -
9 instigate
['instiɡeit](to suggest and encourage (a wrong action, a rebellion etc).) stofna til; æsa til -
10 nurse
[nə:s] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital: She wants to be a nurse.) hjúkrunarfræðingur2) (a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children: The children have gone out with their nurse.) fóstra2. verb1) (to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital: He was nursed back to health.) hjúkra, hlynna að2) (to give (a baby) milk from the breast.) hafa á brjósti3) (to hold with care: She was nursing a kitten.) halda gætilega á4) (to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.) ala með sér•- nursery- nursing
- nursemaid
- nurseryman
- nursery rhyme
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11 nurture
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12 prod
[prod] 1. past tense, past participle - prodded; verb1) (to push with something pointed; to poke: He prodded her arm with his finger.) stinga í, pota2) (to urge or encourage: He prodded her into action.) hvetja2. noun(an act of prodding: She gave him a prod.) pot -
13 sanitary
['sænitəri]1) (of or concerning conditions or arrangements that encourage good health.) heilbrigðis-, hreinlætis-2) (free from dirt and germs: The conditions in that camp are not sanitary.) heilsusamlegur•
См. также в других словарях:
encourage — 1 Encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden, cheer, nerve, steel mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose especially in preparation for a hard task or purpose. Encourage in its basic and still common sense implies the raising of confidence… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
encouragé — encouragé, ée (an kou ra jé, jée) part. passé. À qui du courage a été inspiré. Encouragé par ces paroles. La troupe encouragée par l exemple du chef marcha en avant … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
encourage — [v1] stimulate spiritually animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up*, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm*, gladden, goad, hearten, incite,… … New thesaurus
Encourage — En*cour age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encouraged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Encouraging}.] [F. encourager; pref. en (L. in) + courage courage. See {Courage}.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — early 15c., from O.Fr. encoragier make strong, hearten, from en make, put in (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + corage (see COURAGE (Cf. courage)). Related: Encouraged; encouraging … Etymology dictionary
encouragé — Encouragé, [encourag]ée. part. pass. Il a mesme signification que son verbe … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
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 — [en kʉr′ij, inkʉr′ij] vt. encouraged, encouraging [ME encouragen < OFr encoragier: see EN 1 & COURAGE] 1. to give courage, hope, or confidence to; embolden; hearten 2. to give support to; be favorable to; foster; help … English World 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 — 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