Definitions for encouraging
en·cour·ag·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. encouragingadjective

   giving courage or confidence or hope

   "encouraging advances in medical research"

2. encouraging, supportingadjective

   furnishing support and encouragement

   "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. encouragingadjective

   giving courage, confidence or hope

2. encouragingadjective

   supporting by giving encouragement

3. encouragingadjective

   auspicious, or bringing good luck

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Encouraging

   of Encourage

2. Encouragingadjective

   furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring

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1. encouraging

   Verb from of the word encourage.

   Its encouraging to see the level of unity and community with all citizens.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 31, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'encouraging' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4353

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'encouraging' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4368

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'encouraging' in Adjectives Frequency: #574

How to pronounce encouraging?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say encouraging in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of encouraging in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of encouraging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of encouraging in a Sentence

1. Claire McCaskill:

   It’s encouraging to see the professionalism and cooperation between state and local officials and the two federal agencies investigating this tragedy, i’m grateful to [Branson, Mo.] Mayor [Karen] Best, the Red Cross, and the brave men and women of the Missouri Highway Patrol — particularly the divers, who had the worst job of all today. My deepest condolences continue to go out to those families torn apartby this tragedy.

2. Joe Biden:

   Why are you so hooked on that ? You want me to say the words so I sound like everybody else, i'm not everybody else. I'm Joe Biden. I've always been who I am. I'm staying the way I am. He is encouraging white supremacists, you can determine what that means. It's like everybody wants everybody to call someone a liar. When you say --' I don't call people liars. I say they don't tell the truth.' You want to hear me say' liar,' so you can put it out and say Joe Biden called someone a liar. That's not who I am. You've got the wrong guy.

3. Sheriff Michael Chitwood:

   It's sad and disturbing that what happened here in Volusia County was one of three similar cases across the country in just a few days, but it's also encouraging that in each case, a tip from the public enabled law enforcement to step in and make an arrest before anyone was killed.

4. Lord Coe:

   The crowds have to know that what they are watching is genuine. Parents have got to know that they are encouraging their children to go into a sport where they will not be harmed, we will not shy away from this.

5. Shashank Joshi:

   The group recognized quickly that the (Paris) attack fits with its message of encouraging independent attacks in the West.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=encouraging
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Encouraging
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encouraging