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# encouragement

noun (encouragement, mostly uncountable)

«encouragement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Encouragement is words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to keep going or try something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#m1)
2. Encouragement can also mean making something more likely to happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x1)
- With a little encouragement, Tom jumped into the pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x2)
- My teacher's encouragement helped me finish the hard sum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x3)
- She wrote a note of encouragement to her friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x4)
- A smile can be a kind of encouragement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/#x5)
- Thanks for the encouragement; I'll try again. [tree →](https://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://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://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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «encouragement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encouragement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«encouragement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/encouragement.html) on Mova free.