encourage

«encourage» in Mova's school dictionary: to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• 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.
• Encourage friends to return things that belong to classmates; it makes a class where people trust each other.
• Chanting or cheering at a fight encourages it and makes the cheering people part of it.
• A good way through is often to encourage the friend to own up first, and to give them a chance before you tell.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «encourage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.