Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of encouraging.
- noun The state of being encouraged.
- noun One that encourages.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of encouraging, or of giving courage or confidence of success; incitement to action or to perseverance; a promoting or advancing.
- noun That which serves to excite courage or confidence; an encouraging fact or circumstance; an incentive or inducement; that which serves to promote or advance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice.
- noun That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
- noun That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the feeling of being encouraged
Etymologies
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Examples
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K J, Your encouragement is also greatly appreciated and I Thank You for calling me a writer!
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Essential to this encouragement is a better understanding of the interaction between the market and non-market sectors of our economy.
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Kalliope had been kept up by her native dignity and resolution, and had at first gently, then firmly, declined the arguments, persuasions, promises, and final reproaches with which they beset her -- even threatening to disclose what they called encouragement, and assuring her that she need not reckon on
Beechcroft at Rockstone Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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That kind of encouragement is just what you need to hear as you make this next big career leap.
Like a Book 2006
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It is important that encouragement comes from the home, through introduction from a young age to incrementally more complex forms of technology.
Global Voices in English » Africa: Will technophobia crash the ICT party? 2009
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You also, always, have something to give to someone else, even it is a smile; even if it is a word of encouragement, a handshake, a hug, a moment spent in conversation.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Making Meaning In Tough Times Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2012
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Also: chrsitian encouragement is the most pathetic form of encouragemtn.
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You also, always, have something to give to someone else, even it is a smile; even if it is a word of encouragement, a handshake, a hug, a moment spent in conversation.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Making Meaning In Tough Times Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2012
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Israel, with U.S. help and encouragement, is headed down the path toward destruction.
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On the wall where the buses unloaded their passengers someone had taped signs reading Otsukare-sama,'' a phrase of encouragement used for someone who's gone through a long, tiring ordeal.
Radiation Fears Prompt New Exodus Phred Dvorak 2011
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