Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Giving courage, confidence, or hope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective giving
courage ,confidence orhope - adjective
supporting by givingencouragement - adjective
auspicious , orbringing good luck - verb Present participle of
encourage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective furnishing support and encouragement
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
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Examples
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To say the news coming out of the Gulf is not what you call encouraging is like saying it's been a rough week for Dennis Hopper.
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To say the news coming out of the Gulf is not what you call encouraging is like saying it's been a rough week for Dennis Hopper.
Will Durst: The Brightside of the BP Oil Spill Will Durst 2010
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To say the news coming out of the Gulf is not what you call encouraging is like saying it's been a rough week for Dennis Hopper.
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Researchers are touting what they call encouraging results from trials of a vaccine for HIV.
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Nevertheless, we heard President Bush today talk about positive news, what he called encouraging news out of Iraq in the past month -- the president noting that in his brief statement today -- but also warning that some of the progress that's been made could change.
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You heard what Ephraim Sneh just said, that the Palestinian Authority has to follow up what he described as encouraging words from Mr. Arafat, has to follow up with deeds.
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The tone the department is trying to set is more accurately reflected by the word "encouraging," he suggested.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HELEN BRANSWELL 2011
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The tone the department is trying to set is more accurately reflected by the word "encouraging," he suggested.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HELEN BRANSWELL 2011
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Seriously ill patients will be encouraged to provide detailed information on how they wish to die on the new system which will be available to those involved in their treatment. article for The Daily Telegraph today, Simon Burns, a health minister, backs the scheme which he describes as "encouraging" because it will help ensure a more "dignified death" for hundreds of thousands of people.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Robert Winnett 2011
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WASHINGTON -- After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.
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