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1. (v.t.) encourage
to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence.
2. encourage
to stimulate by guidance, approval, etc.
3. encourage
to promote; foster.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME encoragen < AF, MF encorag(i)er)
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| Definition of 'Encourage' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
contribute to the progress or growth of
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
2. (verb) encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
3. (verb) encourage
spur on
"His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
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1. (verb) encourage
≠ discourage
Her mother encouraged her to complete her education.; Don't encourage him - he's just being silly.
2. encourage
≠ discourage
a campaign to encourage healthy eating
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| Definition of 'Encourage' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Encourage
to give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: aanmoedig, aanspoor |
 Arabic: يُشَجِّع |
 Bulgarian: насърчавам |
 Brazilian: incentivar |
 Czech: povzbudit |
 German: ermutigen |
 Danish: opmuntre |
 Greek: ενθαρρύνω |
 Spanish: animar |
 Estonian: julgustama |
 Farsi: ترغیب کردن؛ دلگرمی دادن |
 Finnish: kannustaa |
 French: encourager |
 Hebrew: לְעוֹדֵד |
 Hindi: उत्साहित करना |
 Croatian: ohrabriti |
 Hungarian: (fel)bátorít |
 Indonesian: memberi semangat |
 Icelandic: hvetja, telja kjarkí |
 Italian: incoraggiare |
 Japanese: 励ます |
 Korean: 북돋우다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)drąsinti, paskatinti |
 Latvian: uzmundrināt; iedrošināt |
 Malay: meyakinkan |
 Dutch: bemoedigen |
 Norwegian: oppmuntre, sette mot i |
 Polish: zachęcać, dodawać odwagi |
 Persian: ترغیب کردن؛ دلگرمی دادن |
 Pashto: تشويقول، زړور كول، مرسته |
 Portuguese: incentivar |
 Romanian: aîncuraja |
 Russian: ободрять; поощрять |
 Slovak: povzbudiť |
 Slovenian: spodbujati |
 Serbian: ohrabriti |
 Swedish: stödja, gynna, uppmuntra |
 Thai: ปลุกใจ |
 Turkish: cesaret vermek |
 Taiwanese: 鼓勵 |
 Ukrainian: підтримувати |
 Urdu: حوصلہ بڑھانا |
 Vietnamese: khuyến khích |
 Chinese: 鼓励 |
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