What does Encouraging mean?
Definitions for Encouraging
en·cour·ag·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Encouraging.
Princeton's WordNet
encouragingadjective
giving courage or confidence or hope
"encouraging advances in medical research"
encouraging, supportingadjective
furnishing support and encouragement
"the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
Wiktionary
encouragingadjective
giving courage, confidence or hope
encouragingadjective
supporting by giving encouragement
encouragingadjective
auspicious, or bringing good luck
ChatGPT
encouraging
Encouraging refers to the act of providing support, confidence, or hope to someone, often by expressing approval, compliments, or positivity. It can also involve motivating or stimulating someone to take action or continue a behavior or activity. Encouraging can aid in promoting progress, growth, or development.
Webster Dictionary
Encouraging
of Encourage
Encouragingadjective
furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring
Editors Contribution
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
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Encouraging' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4353
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Encouraging' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4368
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Encouraging' in Adjectives Frequency: #574
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Encouraging in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Encouraging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Encouraging in a Sentence
The prime minister's language is encouraging people to behave in a disgraceful and abusive way towards other public figures, i have witnessed it myself on the streets of this country.
It's shown very encouraging – very, very encouraging early results, and we're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately. And that's where the FDA has been so great. They – they've gone through the approval process; it's been approved. And they did it – they took it down from many, many months to immediate.
The most encouraging thing is seeing this grassroots fundraising, we want to put some good out into the world whenever possible.
They are extremely motivated. Most of the men and women working on this have daughters Mollie's age, that is encouraging.
He was always encouraging us in our marriages.
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Translations for Encouraging
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- окуражаващ, насърчителенBulgarian
- encoratjadorCatalan, Valencian
- esperanzador, alentadorSpanish
- rohkaiseva, lupaavaFinnish
- encourageantFrench
- misneachailScottish Gaelic
- поощрениеRussian
- uppmuntrandeSwedish
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