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The expression of approval and support
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encouragement
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Word definitions for encouragement in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE active ▪ He lacks confidence and would benefit from more active encouragement and support than he has received. further ▪ The Housing Act 1988 gave further encouragement to the breakup of the large housing estates ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. 2 That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from encourage + -ment , or from Middle French encoragement .\nAs a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. [Hawthorne, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Encouragement \En*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.] The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. --Otway. That which serves to incite, support, promote, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the expression of approval and support [ant: discouragement ] the act of giving hope or support to someone [syn: boost ] the feeling of being encouraged
Usage examples of encouragement.
The air service boys could not remain quietly at the villa while all that furor was going on They wished to be at the hangars, to greet those who returned, and give the pilots who were sallying forth a last word of encouragement.
The Akkadian raft-keepers clapped and cheered, shouting encouragements, seemingly unfazed by the crossing.
There was an establishment founded in Southern Italy which imitated the Greek and produced the Apulian ware, but the Romans gave little encouragement to vase painting, and about 65 B.
The applause of the examiners, the patronage of Babinski, the encouragement of Janet .
And thanks to my new writing friends, the Hudson Valley RWA women, who provided much help and encouragement: Terri Hall, Kathy Attalla, Renee Simons, Karen Drogin, Claire Ruane, Bette LaGow, Blair Lavey, Liz Matis, Jeannie Miraglia, Janet Walters, Paula Keller, Elaine Lindenblatt, Grace Bizzarro, Georgia Carey, Nancy Hajeski, Karen Larsen, Helen Grishman, Jennifer Probst, Mildred Lubke, Sunny Hogg.
We remember an old Brahmanic poem brought from the East by Ruckert and sweetly resung in the speech of the West full of encouragement to those who shall die.
I also owe many thanks to my team of beta readers on this one for all their help and encouragement: Holly Benton, Francesca Coppa, Dana Dupont, Doris Egan, Diana Fox, Vanessa Len, Shelley Mitchell, Georgina Paterson, Sara Rosenbaum, L.
I had in the rehearsal, but my command of Spanish held out okay, and I received nods of approval and encouragement from Cordoban whenever he was off-camera.
Without encouragement, the men eagerly removed their dogs from their crates and played with them.
His statements did not accord with the evidence given by other reliable witnesses who saw him giving aid and encouragement to Fenian soldiers at Fort Erie, and after a fair and impartial trial he was found guilty and sentenced to be executed with Lynch on December 13th.
The abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty and encouragement of the Fenian Raids by the American people had put the Canadians on their mettle and stiffened their backbone, so that neither retaliatory threats or honeyed allurements had any effect in changing their minds from carving out their own destiny under the broad folds of the Union Jack.
The most calloused trull would do it, given a fingerbreadth of encouragement, and other women took even less.
There was no encouragement for either judoka or karateka, and no condemnation for the tactics employed.
What harm can a little nonmedical sympathy and encouragement do either of you?
In both phases he was going to need as much encouragement as the nurses could give 46 him.