encouragement

en·cour·age·ment

E0128300 (ĕn-kûr′ĭj-mənt, -kŭr′-)n.1. The act of encouraging.2. The state of being encouraged.3. One that encourages.

en•cour•age•ment

(ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈkʌr-)

n. 1. the act of encouraging or state of being encouraged. 2. one that encourages. [1560–70]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	encouragement - the expression of approval and supportcommendation, approval - a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips"abetment, abettal, instigation - the verbal act of urging oncheering, shouting - encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; "it's all over but the shouting"advancement, furtherance, promotion - encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of somethingfosterage, fostering - encouragement; aiding the development of somethinggoading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging, goad - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"incitement, provocation - needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"vote of confidence - an expression of approval and encouragement; "they gave the chairman a vote of confidence"discouragement - the expression of opposition and disapproval
	2.	encouragement - the act of giving hope or support to someoneboostassist, assistance, help, aid - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"morale booster, morale building - anything that serves to increase morale; "the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder"
	3.	encouragement - the feeling of being encouragedhope - the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

encouragement

noun1. inspiration, help, support, aid, favour, comfort, comforting, cheer, cheering, consolation, reassurance, morale boosting, succour Thanks for all your advice and encouragement.2. urging, prompting, stimulus, persuasion, coaxing, egging on, incitement She had needed no encouragement to accept his invitation.3. promotion, backing, support, boost, endorsement, stimulation, advocacy, furtherance The encouragement of trade will benefit the process of economic reform in China.Quotations
"It's a good thing to shoot an admiral now and then to encourage the others" [Voltaire Candide]

encouragement

noun1. Something that encourages:inspiration, motivation, stimulation.2. Something that causes and encourages a given response:fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, prod, push, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus.

Translations

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encourage

(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

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the opposite of encourage is discourage.

encouragement

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