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# encourage

«encourage» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (encourage, encourages, encouraged, encouraging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To encourage someone is to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#m1)

2) To encourage something is to help it happen or grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school life teachers and friends encourage each other: «You can do it!», «Keep going!». In PE pupils cheer and encourage teammates. In science sunlight and water encourage plants to grow; good habits encourage health. Phrases: encourage someone to do something, encouraging words, words of encouragement.

### examples

- My teacher encouraged me to read more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x1)
- We cheered to encourage the runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x2)
- Mum encourages me to try new food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x3)
- Warm weather encourages plants to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x4)
- Her kind words were very encouraging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x5)
- Encourage your friends when they find things hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x6)
- The coach encouraged us to keep trying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x7)
- The young man, thus encouraged, began his tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/#x8)

### note

Regular verb (encouraged). Pattern: «encourage someone to do something». Noun: encouragement. Opposite: discourage. Spelling: en-cour-age, like «courage» with «en» in front.

### In the corpora

- [Teachers do much more than explain facts: they care, notice and encourage, which robots cannot really do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/14/)
- [Being proud of your effort encourages you to keep improving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/13/)
- [Encourage friends to return things that belong to classmates; it makes a class where people trust each other.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/22/)
- [Chanting or cheering at a fight encourages it and makes the cheering people part of it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/393-bystanders/20/)
- [A good way through is often to encourage the friend to own up first, and to give them a chance before you tell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «encourage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encourage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.