encourage

encourage
01. My parents have always [encouraged] me to do my best.
02. My wife gave me a lot of [encouragement] when I was writing my first book.
03. Women fleeing an abusive relationship are [encouraged] to contact the Ministry of Human Resources for help.
04. Two teenage boys were arrested and charged by police after [encouraging] an old man who wanted to commit suicide to jump off a bridge.
05. The coach always takes time to compliment all the members of the team before a game in order to [encourage] them.
06. The preliminary results of our experiment look very [encouraging], so we're quite confident now.
07. She was [encouraged] by her parents to try ballet as a very young girl.
08. Loud music is often played in fast food restaurants to [encourage] customers to eat quickly and leave.
09. Someone once said that friends force us to examine ourselves, and [encourage] us to grow.
10. Her parents tried to [discourage] her from marrying him, but she just ignored them.
11. The results of the tests are [encouraging] signs that his cancer may be beaten.
12. In Sweden, evening classes for both young people and adults are very popular, and are [encouraged] by government grants.
13. Because Mongolia has a small population, and will need more workers in the future, couples are [encouraged] to have large families.
14. According to a popular tourist guide, tipping is neither expected nor particularly [encouraged] in Samoa.
15. I like our coach. Even when we lose he says something to [encourage] us and help us to improve.
16. Certain religions do not [encourage] public contact between members of the opposite sex.
17. I often have to [encourage] my son to do his homework.
18. Her praise really [encouraged] me.
19. My homestay mom always [encourages] me to speak English.
20. Goethe once noted that instruction does much, but [encouragement] does everything.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • encourage — 1 Encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden, cheer, nerve, steel mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose especially in preparation for a hard task or purpose. Encourage in its basic and still common sense implies the raising of confidence… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • encouragé — encouragé, ée (an kou ra jé, jée) part. passé. À qui du courage a été inspiré. Encouragé par ces paroles. La troupe encouragée par l exemple du chef marcha en avant …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • encourage — [v1] stimulate spiritually animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up*, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm*, gladden, goad, hearten, incite,… …   New thesaurus

  • Encourage — En*cour age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encouraged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Encouraging}.] [F. encourager; pref. en (L. in) + courage courage. See {Courage}.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • encourage — I verb back, back up, boost, embolden, endorse, hearten, inspire, support II index abet, assure (give confidence to), coax, conduce, contribute (assist) …   Law dictionary

  • encourage — early 15c., from O.Fr. encoragier make strong, hearten, from en make, put in (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + corage (see COURAGE (Cf. courage)). Related: Encouraged; encouraging …   Etymology dictionary

  • encouragé — Encouragé, [encourag]ée. part. pass. Il a mesme signification que son verbe …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • encourage — ► VERB 1) give support, confidence, or hope to. 2) help or stimulate the development of. DERIVATIVES encouragement noun encourager noun encouraging adjective. ORIGIN French encourager, from corage courage …   English terms dictionary

  • encourage — [en kʉr′ij, inkʉr′ij] vt. encouraged, encouraging [ME encouragen < OFr encoragier: see EN 1 & COURAGE] 1. to give courage, hope, or confidence to; embolden; hearten 2. to give support to; be favorable to; foster; help …   English World dictionary

  • encourage */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms encourage : present tense I/you/we/they encourage he/she/it encourages present participle encouraging past tense encouraged past participle encouraged 1) to suggest that someone does something that …   English dictionary

  • encourage — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, highly (AmE), strongly ▪ We were greatly encouraged by the support we received. ▪ Speaking your mind is highly encouraged at these sessions. ▪ especially …   Collocations dictionary

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