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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
encouragement
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 remaining under local authority control.
▪ Needing no further encouragement, Luce went and made herself comfortable, nestling against him.
▪ Smelling the water, Daisy needed no further encouragement and put on a spurt to hurry down to the river.
▪ The parishioners had required no further encouragement to flock back to the picture-palace.
great
▪ However, Griffiths also envisages greater support and encouragement of the voluntary and informal sectors.
▪ The first-years would be a mixed bunch, some bursting with confidence, others in need of a great deal of encouragement.
little
▪ The others watched him as they played, Francie giving little grunts of encouragement, Aunt Margaret nodding her head.
▪ Most drivers needed little encouragement and the inclusion of the pretty girl became one of the perks.
▪ It has to be done all at once even if some need a little encouragement!
▪ He didn't need excuses, not when the wife was away, but every little encouragement helped.
positive
▪ Secondly, the inclusive approach may act as a positive encouragement to clients to make use of legal services.
■ VERB
give
▪ He gave enough encouragement to the army command without losing control of the situation altogether.
▪ The Housing Act 1988 gave further encouragement to the breakup of the large housing estates remaining under local authority control.
▪ The letters gave me enormous encouragement.
▪ I hope this account will give encouragement to Loach lovers to keep trying.
▪ They gave me no encouragement at all and didn't even realize I was so into football.
▪ But he kept your secret, Pamela, and would not own that you gave any encouragement to his addresses.
▪ Our companies need to take advantage of it and the Government should give them every encouragement.
▪ If talking is your weakness then give encouragement by non verbal gestures, short prompt words and phrases.
need
▪ But all children need permission to be independent; some need more encouragement than others.
▪ Since when had fitzAlan needed encouragement to show anger?
▪ Deep in my heart, I knew those girls needed encouragement because the challenges before them were staggering.
▪ Johnny needs no encouragement - but he gives it.
▪ That lies in new ideas, new options and new optimism, which need presidential enthusiasm and encouragement to thrive.
▪ Like a 996 it needs a lot of encouragement at the bars to start turning.
▪ She needs advice and encouragement more than she would ever admit.
offer
▪ He was charming and witty, but, although Caroline was polite, she offered no encouragement.
▪ I had the brigade commander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.
▪ It was nice, people were so kind, offering encouragement and congratulations for what had been achieved.
▪ He was shortly joined by the division commander, who offered me more encouragement.
▪ Now back working at her own riding stables, Anne Haine offered this encouragement.
▪ Eventually, the field force commander joined in, all of them offering encouragement.
▪ I love this club and so only wish to offer encouragement.
▪ Here Congress has offered relatively mild encouragement to the States to enact higher minimum drinking ages than they would otherwise choose.
provide
▪ The value of praise in providing encouragement has to be blended with the instructional benefit that criticism can bring to the pupil.
▪ Side by side, respirator patients provided comfort, encouragement, and community for one another.
▪ It is also important that the patient be provided with realistic encouragement.
▪ Management may need to provide encouragement and at worst assistance to operatives in the completion of time sheets.
▪ It is designed to provide encouragement and financial support to five outstanding young students considering a professional career in music.
▪ The early minutes provided some encouragement as Newcastle's play suggested the sunshine break had done them good.
▪ They enjoy painting for its own sake, and although adult interest provides encouragement, it is essentially a private activity.
▪ And as I counsel, I need to stay alongside them to provide comfort, encouragement and guidance.
receive
▪ Suppose that you decide that the employee's main payoff from constantly telephoning you is that he receives encouragement and reassurance.
shout
▪ He saw Gray run along the top of the trench, shouting encouragement.
▪ She shouted words of encouragement and settled in for the fight.
▪ It is comforting to hear your team-mates shouting their encouragement during a contest.
▪ At this juncture my role was only to shout encouragement: Yeah!
▪ I drew my own sword, shouting defiance and encouragement to the rest.
▪ As I did this, some of the team began to shout out words of encouragement.
▪ Now he shouted his encouragement, and come on his lot did.
▪ The children would gather in a noisy clump at the rear window to shout encouragement and offer coaching tips to their pursuer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "But you're doing a great job," he added by way of encouragement.
▪ After his speech, he shook hands and offered words of encouragement to people in the crowd.
▪ Children need lots of encouragement when they're learning new things.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he kept your secret, Pamela, and would not own that you gave any encouragement to his addresses.
▪ His family knew nothing of education and so gave him no support or encouragement, still less active aid.
▪ I had the brigade commander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.
▪ Nor was official support and encouragement limited to Catholic organisations.
▪ Provided their behaviour was sportsmanlike and safe, oarsmen found only encouragement and humour from a President who was always among them.
▪ Stephen nodded to him in encouragement.
▪ The encouragement given made for a great rapport with the class and gave a stimulus to improve the lectures.
▪ West Indies can take encouragement from the match.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Encouragement

Encouragement \En*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.]

  1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

    All generous encouragement of arts.
    --Otway.

  2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

    To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer.
    --Byron.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
encouragement

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, "House of Seven Gables"]

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Wiktionary
encouragement

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 arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

WordNet
encouragement

  1. n. the expression of approval and support [ant: discouragement]

  2. the act of giving hope or support to someone [syn: boost]

  3. 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.