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encourage
[en-kur-ij, -kuhr-]
verb (used with object)
to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence.
His coach encouraged him throughout the marathon race to keep on running.
Antonyms: dishearten, discourageto stimulate by assistance, approval, etc..
One of the chief duties of a teacher is to encourage students.
to promote, advance, or foster.
Poverty often encourages crime.
encourage
/ ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ /
verb
to inspire (someone) with the courage or confidence (to do something)
to stimulate (something or someone to do something) by approval or help; support
Other Word Forms
- encourager noun
- encouragingly adverb
- overencourage verb (used with object)
- preencourage verb (used with object)
- reencourage verb (used with object)
- unencouraged adjective
- unencouraging adjective
- well-encouraged adjective
- encouragement noun
- encouraging adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of encourage1
Example Sentences
Temu has adopted various strategies to remain competitive amid uncertain trade policies, such as encouraging merchants to stockpile goods in U.S. warehouses.
Reed highlighted the "perverse incentives" in the current system, which he said were encouraging families to cross the Channel in small boats.
The US government has already slashed other longstanding HIV/AIDS prevention programs including for PrEP, which had been encouraged to prevent HIV among people engaged in high-risk activities.
He added: "I have never been involved in, nor have I facilitated, encouraged, or condoned, any form of illegal or improper activity."
The school encourages staff to get to know one another with regular coffee and cake breaks, and the system for enforcing rules around behaviour is ran by the school's leadership team - rather than the teachers.
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