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

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. encouragingadjective

    giving courage, confidence or hope

  2. encouragingadjective

    supporting by giving encouragement

  3. encouragingadjective

    auspicious, or bringing good luck

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Encouraging

    of Encourage

  2. Encouragingadjective

    furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring

Editors Contribution

  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

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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. Takeshi Kamigouchi:

    When we listen to our customers there's no sign of dramatic improvement. They're still living in a defensive mode, but three to four years ago the number of customers was dire. The number of customers has been improving in the past two years, which is encouraging and good for our business.

  2. Chip Greenidge:

    I have spent my life in service to others -- encouraging urban high school students to apply, attend and graduate college, and convening a number of activities helping minorities and people of color get involved in civic life, however, over the years, I have not been able to really work on my own health and nutrition goals.

  3. David Perdue:

    I'm encouraging my colleagues to object. This is something that the American people demand right now, there are huge irregularities in Georgia. They need to be investigated, and they need to be corrected in my opinion.

  4. Millan Mulraine:

    The overall tone of this report was encouraging, pointing to a respite in the ongoing recession engulfing the U.S. industrial sector.

  5. Ben Evansky:

    We feel that we are not alone, and everybody cares about what's happening, [that] is extremely encouraging.

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