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# encouragement

«encouragement» in Mova's school dictionary: **words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (encouragement, mostly uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Encouragement is words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to keep going or try something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#m1)

2) Encouragement can also mean making something more likely to happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and sport, teachers, coaches and friends give encouragement; in stories a kind word of encouragement helps a hero go on. Phrases: «words of encouragement», «give encouragement», «with a little encouragement», «shout encouragement».

### examples

- The crowd shouted encouragement to the runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x1)
- With a little encouragement, Tom jumped into the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x2)
- My teacher's encouragement helped me finish the hard sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x3)
- She wrote a note of encouragement to her friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x4)
- A smile can be a kind of encouragement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x5)
- Thanks for the encouragement; I'll try again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x6)
- The plants grew well with a bit of encouragement from the sun and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x7)
- ‘When anyone is as beautiful as you,’ said the shirt-collar, ‘is not that encouragement enough?’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x8)

### note

Usually uncountable: «a lot of encouragement», not «encouragements». Verb: «encourage»; adjective: «encouraging». Opposite: «discouragement». Spelling: encourage + ment, keep the «e».

### In the corpora

- ["Needs encouragement" on a report usually means the pupil is lazy or unmotivated (does not want to try).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/6/)
- ["Needs encouragement" on a report usually means lazy, and "emerging" means well below the expected level.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/11/)
- [Honest, gentle encouragement helps people improve and keeps your word trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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