encouraging
Meaning of encouraging
verb
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
I encouraged him during his race.
- To spur on, strongly recommend.
We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- To foster, give help or patronage
The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
noun
Encouragement
adjective- Giving courage, confidence or hope
Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.
- Supporting by giving encouragement
- Auspicious, or bringing good luck
Information about encouraging
- The plural form of encouraging is: encouragings.
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Hyphenation of encouraging
en-cour-ag-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- encouraging is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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Words that rhyme with encouraging
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