Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of encouraging.
- n. The state of being encouraged.
- n. One that encourages.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of encouraging, or of giving courage or confidence of success; incitement to action or to perseverance; a promoting or advancing.
- n. That which serves to excite courage or confidence; an encouraging fact or circumstance; an incentive or inducement; that which serves to promote or advance.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice.
- n. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of giving hope or support to someone
- n. the expression of approval and support
- n. the feeling of being encouraged
Etymologies
- From to encourage, from Old French encoragier, from en- ("make, put in") + corage ("courage"), from Vulgar Latin *coraticum, from cor ("heart, daring") + -ier, suffixed with -ment. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“K J, Your encouragement is also greatly appreciated and I Thank You for calling me a writer!”
“Essential to this encouragement is a better understanding of the interaction between the market and non-market sectors of our economy.”
“Kalliope had been kept up by her native dignity and resolution, and had at first gently, then firmly, declined the arguments, persuasions, promises, and final reproaches with which they beset her -- even threatening to disclose what they called encouragement, and assuring her that she need not reckon on”
“That kind of encouragement is just what you need to hear as you make this next big career leap.”
“Also: chrsitian encouragement is the most pathetic form of encouragemtn.”
“Israel, with U.S. help and encouragement, is headed down the path toward destruction.”
“On the wall where the buses unloaded their passengers someone had taped signs reading Otsukare-sama,'' a phrase of encouragement used for someone who's gone through a long, tiring ordeal.”
“It is important that encouragement comes from the home, through introduction from a young age to incrementally more complex forms of technology.”
Global Voices in English » Africa: Will technophobia crash the ICT party?
“You also, always, have something to give to someone else, even it is a smile; even if it is a word of encouragement, a handshake, a hug, a moment spent in conversation.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Making Meaning In Tough Times
“While the progress made by the youngsters has offered Chelsea some long-term encouragement, they will still now step up their attempts to recruit a centre-half in the transfer window with their Brazil international Alex having suffered a setback in his recovery from a knee operation.”
The Guardian: Didier Drogba and Michael Essien may be dropped for Chelsea youngsters
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Terms associated with the Christianity, The Bible, etc. I have a related, but more narrow list called Imbible Code.
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