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 Definitions of Encouragement  [ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈkʌr-]  

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Definition of 'Encouragement' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) encouragement
the act of encouraging or state of being encouraged.

2.  encouragement
one that encourages.

Etymology:  (1560–70)

Definition of 'Encouragement' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) encouragement
the expression of approval and support

2. (noun) boost, encouragement
the act of giving hope or support to someone

3. (noun) encouragement
the feeling of being encouraged


Definition of 'Encouragement' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) encouragement
discouragement
words of encouragement

2.  encouragement
≠discouragement
the encouragement of eco-tourism


Definition of 'Encouragement' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Encouragement
the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity

2. (noun) Encouragement
that which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people


Translation of 'Encouragement' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to urge (a person) to do something
You must encourage him to try again.; words of encouragement; He must be given every encouragement.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bemoediging Arabic flag Arabic: تَشْجيع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: насърчаване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: incentivo Czech flag Czech: povzbuzení German flag German: die Ermutigung
Danish flag Danish: opmuntring; tilskyndelse Greek flag Greek: ενθάρρυνση Spanish flag Spanish: ánimo
Estonian flag Estonian: julgustus Farsi flag Farsi: تشویق؛ دلگرمی Finnish flag Finnish: rohkaisu
French flag French: encouragement Hebrew flag Hebrew: עִידוּד Hindi flag Hindi: प्रोत्साहन
Croatian flag Croatian: ohrabrenje Hungarian flag Hungarian: bátorítás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kata-kata dorongan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: uppörvun, hvatning Italian flag Italian: incoraggiamento Japanese flag Japanese: 励まし
Korean flag Korean: 격려, 고무, 장려 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: padrąsinimas Latvian flag Latvian: uzmundrinājums; iedrošinā
Malay flag Malay: galakkan Dutch flag Dutch: aanmoediging Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppmuntring, framhjelp(in
Polish flag Polish: zachęta Persian flag Persian: تشویق؛ دلگرمی Pashto flag Pashto: تشويقول، زړور
Portuguese flag Portuguese: incentivo Romanian flag Romanian: încurajare Russian flag Russian: ободрение; поддержка
Slovak flag Slovak: povzbudenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: spodbuda Serbian flag Serbian: ohrabrenje
Swedish flag Swedish: uppmuntran Thai flag Thai: การให้กำลังใจ Turkish flag Turkish: teşvik, cesaretlendirme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鼓勵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підбадьорювання; заохочув Urdu flag Urdu: حوصلہ افزائی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự khích lệ Chinese flag Chinese: 鼓励

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'Encouragement' - Nearby Entries  

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