encouragement

«encouragement» in Mova's school dictionary: words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (encouragement, mostly uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Encouragement is words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to keep going or try something. tree →

2) Encouragement can also mean making something more likely to happen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and sport, teachers, coaches and friends give encouragement; in stories a kind word of encouragement helps a hero go on. Phrases: «words of encouragement», «give encouragement», «with a little encouragement», «shout encouragement».

examples

• The crowd shouted encouragement to the runners. tree →
• With a little encouragement, Tom jumped into the pool. tree →
• My teacher's encouragement helped me finish the hard sum. tree →
• She wrote a note of encouragement to her friend. tree →
• A smile can be a kind of encouragement. tree →
• Thanks for the encouragement; I'll try again. tree →
• The plants grew well with a bit of encouragement from the sun and water. tree →
• ‘When anyone is as beautiful as you,’ said the shirt-collar, ‘is not that encouragement enough?’ tree →

note

Usually uncountable: «a lot of encouragement», not «encouragements». Verb: «encourage»; adjective: «encouraging». Opposite: «discouragement». Spelling: encourage + ment, keep the «e».

In the corpora

• "Needs encouragement" on a report usually means the pupil is lazy or unmotivated (does not want to try).
• "Needs encouragement" on a report usually means lazy, and "emerging" means well below the expected level.
• Honest, gentle encouragement helps people improve and keeps your word trustworthy.

Trees and pragmatics

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