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en·cour·age
(ĕn-kûr′ĭj, -kŭr′-)tr.v. en·cour·aged, en·cour·ag·ing, en·cour·ag·es
1. To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence.
2. To give support to; foster: policies designed to encourage private investment.
3. To stimulate; spur: burning the field to encourage new plant growth.
[Middle English encouragen, from Old French encoragier : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + corage, courage; see courage.]
en·cour′ag·er n.
Synonyms: encourage, cheer, embolden, hearten, inspire
These verbs mean to impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to: encouraged the patient not to give up hope; cheered the contestants on; was emboldened to sing for the guests; was heartened by the test results; were inspired by their initial success to take the next step.
These verbs mean to impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to: encouraged the patient not to give up hope; cheered the contestants on; was emboldened to sing for the guests; was heartened by the test results; were inspired by their initial success to take the next step.
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encourage
(ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ)vb (tr)
1. to inspire (someone) with the courage or confidence (to do something)
2. to stimulate (something or someone to do something) by approval or help; support
enˈcouragement n
enˈcourager n
enˈcouraging adj
enˈcouragingly adv
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en•cour•age
(ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-)v.t. -aged, -ag•ing.
1. to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence.
2. to stimulate by guidance, approval, etc.
3. to promote; foster.
[1400–50; late Middle English encoragen < Anglo-French, Middle French encorag(i)er]
en•cour′ag•er, n.
en•cour′ag•ing•ly, adv.
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encourage
Past participle: encouraged
Gerund: encouraging
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| Verb | 1. | encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" connive at, wink at - give one's silent approval to spur - incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" help - contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries" carry - take further or advance; "carry a cause" feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity" conduce, contribute, lead - be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" |
| 2. | encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to exhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, inspire, cheer - spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" hollo - encourage somebody by crying hollo animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt - heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" draw out - make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl" bring out - encourage to be less reserved; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy" discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | |
| 3. | encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" |
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encourage
verb
1. inspire, comfort, rally, cheer, stimulate, reassure, animate, console, rouse, hearten, cheer up, embolden, buoy up, pep up, boost someone's morale, give hope to, buck up (informal), gee up, lift the spirits of, give confidence to, inspirit When things aren't going well, he always encourages me.
inspire depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit
inspire depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit
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encourage
verb1. To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to:
3. To lend supportive approval to:
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Translations
يَحُثُّيُشَجِّعيُشَجِّعُ
povzbudit
opmuntretilskyndeanbefale
julgustamaõhutama
rohkaistakannustaa
ohrabriti
hvetjahvetja, telja kjark í
勇気づける
용기를 북돋우다
drąsinantisdrąsintipaakintipadrąsindamaspadrąsinimas
iedrošinātmudinātskubinātuzmundrināt
spodbujati
uppmuntra
ให้กำลังใจ
cesaret vermekteşvik etmekyüreklendirmek
khuyến khích
encourage
[ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] VT [+ person] → animar, alentar; [+ industry, growth] → estimular, fomentarto encourage sb to do sth → animar a algn a hacer algo
the discovery encouraged him in his belief that she was still alive → el hallazgo reafirmó su creencia de que aún seguía viva
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
encourage
[ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] vt [+ person] → encourager
Don't encourage him! → Ne l'encourage pas!
to be encouraged by sth → être réconforté(e) par qch
to encourage sb to do sth (gen) → encourager qn à faire qch; (to do sth undesirable) → inciter qn à faire qch
Don't encourage him! → Ne l'encourage pas!
to be encouraged by sth → être réconforté(e) par qch
to encourage sb to do sth (gen) → encourager qn à faire qch; (to do sth undesirable) → inciter qn à faire qch
[+ industry, growth] → encourager; [+ activity, attitude] → encourager
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
encourage
vt person → ermutigen, ermuntern; (= motivate) → anregen; (= give confidence) → Mut machen (+dat), → ermutigen; arts, industry, projects, investments → fördern; (Sport) team, competitor → anfeuern, anspornen; bad habits → unterstützen; to encourage participation → zum Mitmachen anregen; we don’t want to encourage suspicion → wir wollen keinen Verdacht erregen; to be encouraged by something → durch etw neuen Mut schöpfen; he’s lazy enough as it is, please don’t encourage him → er ist schon faul genug, bitte ermuntern or unterstützen Sie ihn nicht noch; that will encourage bad habits → das wird zu schlechten Gewohnheiten führen; to encourage somebody to do something → jdn ermutigen or ermuntern, etw zu tun; you’ll only encourage him to think … → er wird dann nur noch eher glauben, dass …; this encourages me to think that maybe … → das lässt mich vermuten, dass vielleicht …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
encourage
[ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] vt (person) → incoraggiare; (industry, growth) → favorireto encourage sb (to do sth) → incoraggiare qn (a fare qc)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
encourage
(inˈkaridʒ) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) verb1. 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.
2. to urge (a person) to do something. You must encourage him to try again.
enˈcouraging adjectiveenˈcouragingly adverb
enˈcouragement noun
words of encouragement; He must be given every encouragement.
the opposite of encourage is discourage.
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encourage
→ يُشَجِّعُ povzbudit opmuntre ermutigen ενθαρρύνω animar rohkaista encourager ohrabriti incoraggiare 勇気づける 용기를 북돋우다 aanmoedigen oppmuntre zachęcić encorajar ободрять uppmuntra ให้กำลังใจ yüreklendirmek khuyến khích 鼓励Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
encourage
vt. alentar, animar.
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