encourage
part of speech
verb (encourage, encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
meaning for a pupil
1) To encourage someone is to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying. tree →
2) To encourage something is to help it happen or grow. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God tells Moses to strengthen Joshua because he will lead Israel into the land in Moses' place. Interpretation: Tradition sees this as the model of passing leadership on. Moses' last act is to help his successor. In the primary lessons: In school life teachers and friends encourage each other: «You can do it!», «Keep going!». In PE pupils cheer and encourage teammates. In science sunlight and water encourage plants to grow; good habits encourage health. Phrases: encourage someone to do something, encouraging words, words of encouragement.
examples
- Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. (Torah DEU.1.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.' (Torah DEU.3.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength. (Writings PSA.138.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD. (Writings 2CH.35.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them. (Writings PSA.64.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- My teacher encouraged me to read more. tree →
- We cheered to encourage the runners. tree →
- Mum encourages me to try new food. tree →
- Warm weather encourages plants to grow. tree →
- Her kind words were very encouraging. tree →
- Encourage your friends when they find things hard. tree →
- The coach encouraged us to keep trying. tree →
- The young man, thus encouraged, began his tale. tree →
note
Regular verb (encouraged). Pattern: «encourage someone to do something». Noun: encouragement. Opposite: discourage. Spelling: en-cour-age, like «courage» with «en» in front.
In the corpora
- They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.
- In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength.
- And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.
- Teachers do much more than explain facts: they care, notice and encourage, which robots cannot really do.
- Being proud of your effort encourages you to keep improving.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «encourage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.