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encourage
en·cour·age E0128200 (ĕn-kûr′ĭj, -kŭr′-)tr.v. en·cour·aged, en·cour·ag·ing, en·cour·ag·es 1. To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence.2. To give support to; foster: policies designed to encourage private investment.3. To stimulate; spur: burning the field to encourage new plant growth.
[Middle English encouragen, from Old French encoragier : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + corage, courage; see courage.]
en·cour′ag·er n.Synonyms: encourage, cheer, embolden, hearten, inspire
These verbs mean to impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to: encouraged the patient not to give up hope; cheered the contestants on; was emboldened to sing for the guests; was heartened by the test results; were inspired by their initial success to take the next step.encourage (ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ) vb (tr) 1. to inspire (someone) with the courage or confidence (to do something)2. to stimulate (something or someone to do something) by approval or help; support enˈcouragement n enˈcourager n enˈcouraging adj enˈcouragingly adven•cour•age (ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-)
v.t. -aged, -ag•ing. 1. to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence. 2. to stimulate by guidance, approval, etc. 3. to promote; foster. [1400–50; late Middle English encoragen < Anglo-French, Middle French encorag(i)er] en•cour′ag•er, n. en•cour′ag•ing•ly, adv. encourage
Past participle: encouraged
Gerund: encouraging
| Imperative |
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| encourage | | encourage |
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| I encourage | | you encourage | | he/she/it encourages | | we encourage | | you encourage | | they encourage |
| Preterite |
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| I encouraged | | you encouraged | | he/she/it encouraged | | we encouraged | | you encouraged | | they encouraged |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am encouraging | | you are encouraging | | he/she/it is encouraging | | we are encouraging | | you are encouraging | | they are encouraging |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have encouraged | | you have encouraged | | he/she/it has encouraged | | we have encouraged | | you have encouraged | | they have encouraged |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was encouraging | | you were encouraging | | he/she/it was encouraging | | we were encouraging | | you were encouraging | | they were encouraging |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had encouraged | | you had encouraged | | he/she/it had encouraged | | we had encouraged | | you had encouraged | | they had encouraged |
| Future |
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| I will encourage | | you will encourage | | he/she/it will encourage | | we will encourage | | you will encourage | | they will encourage |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have encouraged | | you will have encouraged | | he/she/it will have encouraged | | we will have encouraged | | you will have encouraged | | they will have encouraged |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be encouraging | | you will be encouraging | | he/she/it will be encouraging | | we will be encouraging | | you will be encouraging | | they will be encouraging |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been encouraging | | you have been encouraging | | he/she/it has been encouraging | | we have been encouraging | | you have been encouraging | | they have been encouraging |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been encouraging | | you will have been encouraging | | he/she/it will have been encouraging | | we will have been encouraging | | you will have been encouraging | | they will have been encouraging |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been encouraging | | you had been encouraging | | he/she/it had been encouraging | | we had been encouraging | | you had been encouraging | | they had been encouraging |
| Conditional |
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| I would encourage | | you would encourage | | he/she/it would encourage | | we would encourage | | you would encourage | | they would encourage |
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| I would have encouraged | | you would have encouraged | | he/she/it would have encouraged | | we would have encouraged | | you would have encouraged | | they would have encouraged |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"promote, further, boost, advanceconnive at, wink at - give one's silent approval tofoster, further - promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education"spur - incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"help - contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"carry - take further or advance; "carry a cause"feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"conduce, contribute, lead - be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"back up, support - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" | | 2. | encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage toexhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, inspire, cheer - spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"nurture, foster - help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"hollo - encourage somebody by crying holloanimate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt - heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate - give encouragement todraw out - make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"bring out - encourage to be less reserved; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy"goad, spur - give heart or courage todiscourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | | 3. | encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
encourageverb1. inspire, comfort, rally, cheer, stimulate, reassure, animate, console, rouse, hearten, cheer up, embolden, buoy up, pep up, boost someone's morale, give hope to, buck up (informal), gee up, lift the spirits of, give confidence to, inspirit When things aren't going well, he always encourages me.
inspire depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit2. urge, persuade, prompt, spur, coax, incite, egg on, abet He encouraged her to quit her job.
urge prevent, scare, intimidate, deter, inhibit, daunt, hinder, dissuade, throw cold water on (informal)3. promote, back, help, support, increase, further, aid, forward, advance, favour, boost, strengthen, foster, advocate, stimulate, endorse, commend, succour Their task is to encourage private investment in Russia.
promote prevent, inhibit, hinder, retard, throw cold water on (informal)encourageverb1. To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to:animate, cheer (on), embolden, inspire, inspirit, motivate.2. To impart strength and confidence to:buck up, cheer (up), hearten, nerve, perk up.3. To lend supportive approval to:countenance, favor, smile on (or upon).4. To help bring about:feed, foster, promote.Translationsencourage (inˈkaridʒ) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) verb1. to give support, confidence or hope to. The general tried to encourage the troops: You should not encourage him in his extravagance; I felt encouraged by his praise. 鼓勵 鼓励2. to urge (a person) to do something. You must encourage him to try again. 敦促 鼓励enˈcouraging adjective 鼓舞人心的 鼓励的enˈcouragingly adverb 鼓舞人心地 鼓励地enˈcouragement nounwords of encouragement; He must be given every encouragement. 鼓勵 鼓励
the opposite of encourage is discourage. encourage
encourage (one) in (something)To support and urge one on in some pursuit. My dad has always encouraged me in my studies, but he refuses to accept my interest in becoming an actress.See also: encourageencourage (one) to (do something)To urge one to do something. My dad has always encouraged me to become an actress, but I just don't enjoy being the center of attention. That serious illness encouraged Colleen to start thinking about retirement.See also: encourageencourage someone in somethingto give support to someone about something in particular. We want to encourage her in her musical career. Ted encouraged me in my efforts to become a baseball player.See also: encourageencourage someone to do somethingto inspire or stimulate someone to do something; to give someone the courage to do something. We encouraged her to develop her musical talents. He encouraged himself to study hard so he could make it into medical school.See also: encourageencourage
Synonyms for encourageverb inspireSynonyms- inspire
- comfort
- rally
- cheer
- stimulate
- reassure
- animate
- console
- rouse
- hearten
- cheer up
- embolden
- buoy up
- pep up
- boost someone's morale
- give hope to
- buck up
- gee up
- lift the spirits of
- give confidence to
- inspirit
Antonyms- depress
- discourage
- dishearten
- dispirit
verb urgeSynonyms- urge
- persuade
- prompt
- spur
- coax
- incite
- egg on
- abet
Antonyms- prevent
- scare
- intimidate
- deter
- inhibit
- daunt
- hinder
- dissuade
- throw cold water on
verb promoteSynonyms- promote
- back
- help
- support
- increase
- further
- aid
- forward
- advance
- favour
- boost
- strengthen
- foster
- advocate
- stimulate
- endorse
- commend
- succour
Antonyms- prevent
- inhibit
- hinder
- retard
- throw cold water on
Synonyms for encourageverb to impart courage, inspiration, and resolution toSynonyms- animate
- cheer
- embolden
- inspire
- inspirit
- motivate
verb to impart strength and confidence toSynonyms- buck up
- cheer
- hearten
- nerve
- perk up
verb to lend supportive approval toSynonymsverb to help bring aboutSynonymsSynonyms for encourageverb contribute to the progress or growth ofSynonyms- promote
- further
- boost
- advance
Related Words- connive at
- wink at
- foster
- further
- spur
- help
- carry
- feed
- conduce
- contribute
- lead
- back up
- support
verb inspire with confidenceRelated Words- exhort
- pep up
- root on
- urge on
- barrack
- urge
- inspire
- cheer
- nurture
- foster
- hollo
- animate
- enliven
- invigorate
- exalt
- embolden
- hearten
- recreate
- draw out
- bring out
- goad
- spur
Antonymsverb spur onRelated Words- cause
- induce
- stimulate
- make
- get
- have
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